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Iowa Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Total Revenue Lost$1,291,643,438

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State-level programs

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YearProgram NameProgram TypeGross Revenue Loss
2017Accelerated Career Education ProgramWorkforce development$4,059,000
2018Accelerated Career Education ProgramWorkforce development$4,187,000
2019Accelerated Career Education ProgramWorkforce development$3,964,000
2020Accelerated Career Education ProgramWorkforce development$4,409,000
2021Accelerated Career Education ProgramWorkforce development$3,905,000
2022Accelerated Career Education ProgramWorkforce development$3,497,000
2017Beginning Farmer Tax Credit ProgramAgricultural development$4,932,000
2018Beginning Farmer Tax Credit ProgramAgricultural development$5,045,000
2019Beginning Farmer Tax Credit ProgramAgricultural development$4,708,000
2020Beginning Farmer Tax Credit ProgramAgricultural development$4,067,000
2021Beginning Farmer Tax Credit ProgramAgricultural development$5,380,000
2022Beginning Farmer Tax Credit ProgramAgricultural development$4,864,000
2017Enterprise Zone (EZ) ProgramGeneral Economic Development (EZ)$14,825,000
2018Enterprise Zone (EZ) ProgramGeneral Economic Development (EZ)$12,161,000
2019Enterprise Zone (EZ) ProgramGeneral Economic Development (EZ)$9,548,000
2020Enterprise Zone (EZ) ProgramGeneral Economic Development (EZ)$5,476,000
2021Enterprise Zone (EZ) ProgramGeneral Economic Development (EZ)$4,044,000
2022Enterprise Zone (EZ) ProgramGeneral Economic Development (EZ)$4,135,000
2017High Quality Jobs Program (HQJP)Job Creation/Retention$24,875,000
2018High Quality Jobs Program (HQJP)Job Creation/Retention$39,605,000
2019High Quality Jobs Program (HQJP)Job Creation/Retention$37,940,000
2020High Quality Jobs Program (HQJP)Job Creation/Retention$27,066,000
2021High Quality Jobs Program (HQJP)Job Creation/Retention$27,458,000
2022High Quality Jobs Program (HQJP)Job Creation/Retention$23,364,000
2017Historic Preservation and Cultural and Entertainment District Tax CreditHistoric Preservation$44,540,000
2018Historic Preservation and Cultural and Entertainment District Tax CreditHistoric Preservation$58,501,000
2019Historic Preservation and Cultural and Entertainment District Tax CreditHistoric Preservation$36,236,000
2020Historic Preservation and Cultural and Entertainment District Tax CreditHistoric Preservation$48,883,000
2021Historic Preservation and Cultural and Entertainment District Tax CreditHistoric Preservation$30,588,000
2022Historic Preservation and Cultural and Entertainment District Tax CreditHistoric Preservation$34,536,000
2017Iowa Industrial New Jobs Training ProgramWorkforce development$35,595,000
2018Iowa Industrial New Jobs Training ProgramWorkforce development$34,715,000
2019Iowa Industrial New Jobs Training ProgramJob Creation/Retention$34,434,000
2020Iowa Industrial New Jobs Training ProgramJob Creation/Retention$36,868,000
2021Iowa Industrial New Jobs Training ProgramJob Creation/Retention$37,034,000
2022Iowa Industrial New Jobs Training ProgramJob Creation/Retention$27,974,000
2019Redevelopment Tax CreditBrownfield rehabilitation$7,578,000
2020Redevelopment Tax CreditBrownfield rehabilitation$3,584,000
2021Redevelopment Tax CreditBrownfield rehabilitation$6,207,000
2022Redevelopment Tax CreditBrownfield rehabilitation$2,946,000
2017Renewable Energy Tax CreditEnergy production$4,369,000
2018Renewable Energy Tax CreditEnergy production$3,574,000
2019Renewable Energy Tax CreditEnergy production$5,101,000
2020Renewable Energy Tax CreditEnergy production$6,057,000
2021Renewable Energy Tax CreditEnergy production$2,545,000
2022Renewable Energy Tax CreditEnergy production$4,151,000
2017Targeted Jobs Tax Credit from WithholdingGeneral Economic Development$4,437,000
2018Targeted Jobs Tax Credit from WithholdingGeneral Economic Development$4,549,000
2019Targeted Jobs Tax Credit from WithholdingJob Creation/Retention$4,324,000
2020Targeted Jobs Tax Credit from WithholdingJob Creation/Retention$5,577,000
2021Targeted Jobs Tax Credit from WithholdingJob Creation/Retention$4,460,000
2022Targeted Jobs Tax Credit from WithholdingJob Creation/Retention$3,096,000
2018Workforce Housing Tax Incentive ProgramAffordable Housing$8,962,000
2019Workforce Housing Tax Incentive ProgramAffordable Housing$13,930,000
2020Workforce Housing Tax Incentive ProgramAffordable Housing$20,795,000
2021Workforce Housing Tax Incentive ProgramAffordable Housing$18,003,000
2022Workforce Housing Tax Incentive ProgramAffordable Housing$11,142,000
TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL$888,805,000

Tabulated localities and districts

Click on the name of jurisdiction for a list of tax abatement programs that reduced its tax revenue.

Data includes abatement information for the five most populous cities, counties, and school districts in each state (where available). If no data is shown for these top five jurisdictions, it is because they did not disclose GASB 77 tax abatement information in the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), the amount reported was $0, or the ACFR has not been published yet. Some states include data for additional years and jurisdictions.

Reporting Jurisdiction sort iconJurisdiction TypeGross Revenue Loss
PeliaMunicipality$979,879
Pekin Community School DistrictSchool district$0
Pcm Community School DistrictSchool district$18,989
Paton-Churdan Community School DistrictSchool district$0
Panorama Community School DistrictSchool district$7,248
Ottumwa Community School DistrictSchool district$42,505
OttumwaMunicipality$808,847
Oskaloosa Community School DistrictSchool district$67,551
Osage Community School DistrictSchool district$34,859
Orient-Macksburg Community School DistrictSchool district$0
Olin Consolidated School DistrictSchool district$0
Okoboji Community School DistrictSchool district$101,985
Ogden Community School DistrictSchool district$228,735
Oelwein Community School DistrictSchool district$235,821
Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Community School DistrictSchool district$277,112
O'Brien CountyCounty$35,134
Norwalk Community School DistrictSchool district$1,003,962
Northwood-Kensett Community School DistrictSchool district$0
Northeast Hamilton Community School DistrictSchool district$305
Northeast Community School DistrictSchool district$0
North Winneshiek Community School DistrictSchool district$0
North Union Community School DistrictSchool district$5,735
North Tama County Community School DistrictSchool district$0
North Scott Community School DistrictSchool district$659,712
North Polk Community School DistrictSchool district$203,638
North Mahaska Community School DistrictSchool district$0
North LibertyMunicipality$4,747,707
North Iowa Community School DistrictSchool district$7,145
North Fayette Community School DistrictSchool district$45,503
North Cedar Community School DistrictSchool district$14,479
North Butler Community School DistrictSchool district$0
Nodaway Valley Community School DistrictSchool district$10,288
Newton Community School DistrictSchool district$179,297
Newell-Fonda Community School DistrictSchool district$0
New Hampton Community School DistrictSchool district$70,112
Nevada Community School DistrictSchool district$78,616
Nashua-Plainfield Community School DistrictSchool district$16,429
Muscatine Community School DistrictSchool district$749,697
Mount Pleasant Community School DistrictSchool district$11,392
Mount Ayr Community School DistrictSchool district$0
Moulton-Udell Community School DistrictSchool district$0
Morning Sun Community School DistrictSchool district$0
Monticello Community School DistrictSchool district$57,345
Montezuma Community School DistrictSchool district$0
Moc-Floyd Community School DistrictSchool district$96,153
Missouri Valley Community School DistrictSchool district$11,529
Midland Community School DistrictSchool district$0
Mid-Prairie Community School DistrictSchool district$28,931
Mfl Marmac Community School DistrictSchool district$74,663
Mediapolis Community School DistrictSchool district$23,013
Mason City Community School DistrictSchool district$1,213,225
Mason CityMunicipality$1,636,208
Martensdale-St. Marys Community School DistrictSchool district$0
Marshalltown Community School DistrictSchool district$111,576
MarshalltownMunicipality$435,098
Marion Independent School DistrictSchool district$870,891
Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Community School DistrictSchool district$57,761
Maquoketa Valley Community School DistrictSchool district$4,975
Maquoketa Community School DistrictSchool district$58,913
Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community School DistrictSchool district$45,930
Manson Northwest Webster Community School DistrictSchool district$266,760
Madrid Community School DistrictSchool district$4,629
Lynnville-Sully Community School DistrictSchool district$17,371
Luverne Community School DistrictSchool district$2,123
Louisa-Muscatine Community School DistrictSchool district$24,302
Lone Tree Community School DistrictSchool district$19,609
Logan-Magnolia Community School DistrictSchool district$0
Lisbon Community School DistrictSchool district$10,039
Linn-Mar Community School DistrictSchool district$1,777,114
Linn CountyCounty$10,157,681
Lewis Central Community School DistrictSchool district$445,383
Lenox Community School DistrictSchool district$22,505
Le Mars Community School DistrictSchool district$40,292
Lawton-Bronson Community School DistrictSchool district$0
Laurens-Marathon Community School DistrictSchool district$0
Lamoni Community School DistrictSchool district$5,609
Lake Mills Community School DistrictSchool district$60,798
Knoxville Community School DistrictSchool district$322,717
Kingsley-Pierson Community School DistrictSchool district$22,892
Keota Community School DistrictSchool district$0
Keokuk Community School DistrictSchool district$1,559,551
Johnston Community School DistrictSchool district$2,377,309
Johnson CountyCounty$4,164,340
Jesup Community School DistrictSchool district$0
Jasper CountyCounty$45,510
Janesville Consolidated School DistrictSchool district$1,440
Iowa Valley Community School DistrictSchool district$90,991
Iowa Falls Community School DistrictSchool district$472,600
Iowa City Community School DistrictSchool district$7,597,791
Iowa CityMunicipality$706,305
Indianola Community School DistrictSchool district$131,449
Independence Community School DistrictSchool district$38,274
Ikm-Manning Community School DistrictSchool district$89,056
Humboldt Community School DistrictSchool district$35,548
Hudson Community School DistrictSchool district$22,264
Hubbard-Radcliffe Community School DistrictSchool district$54,927
Howard-Winneshiek Community School DistrictSchool district$67,796
Howard CountyCounty$1,634,280
Highland Community School DistrictSchool district$0
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School DistrictSchool district$10,647
Harris-Lake Park Community School DistrictSchool district$3,891
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$402,838,438