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Illinois Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Total Revenue Lost$358,800,092

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State-level programs

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YearProgram NameProgram TypeGross Revenue Loss
2017Angel Investment Tax CreditsGeneral Economic Development$2,200,000
2017Economic Development for a Growing Economy (EDGE)General Economic Development$179,100,000
TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL$181,300,000

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 JurisdictionJurisdiction TypeGross Revenue Loss sort icon
City of ChicagoMunicipality$85,100,000
Chicago Public SchoolsSchool District$37,500,000
Cook CountyCounty$12,900,000
City of ElwoodMunicipality$10,588,958
City of BolingbrookMunicipality$6,516,988
City of SchaumburgMunicipality$5,416,200
Rock Island School District 41School District$4,564,751
Oak Lawn Community Consolid School District 218School District$2,800,000
Moline-Coal Valley Community Unit School District 40School District$2,400,000
Granite City Community Unit School District 9School District$1,600,000
City of JolietMunicipality$1,392,222
Mahomet-Seymour Community Unit School District 3School District$1,029,908
City of MetropolisMunicipality$974,438
United Township High School District 30School District$818,870
City of McHenryMunicipality$582,752
Sterling Community Unit School District 5School District$505,991
Mount Vernon School District 80School District$467,340
City of CarbondaleMunicipality$442,447
Dekalb Community Unit School District 428School District$306,221
Wilmington Community Unit School District 209USchool District$297,154
Edwardsville Community Unit School District 7School District$257,000
Huntley Community School District 158School District$243,000
City of AuroraMunicipality$179,255
Worth School District 127School District$141,000
Bloomington School District 87School District$138,570
Morton Community Unit School District 709School District$135,136
Sherrard Community Unit School District 200School District$130,742
West Aurora School District 129School District$59,400
Coles-Cumberland Counties Community Unit School District 1School District$11,749
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$177,500,092