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Kentucky Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Total Revenue Lost$199,844,086

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State-level programs

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YearProgram NameProgram TypeGross Revenue Loss
2018Kentucky Business Investment (KBI)Business attraction/retention/expansion$25,057,000
2018Kentucky Industrial Development ActJob Creation/Retention$10,113,000
2018Kentucky Industrial Development ActJob Creation/Retention$5,359,000
2018Kentucky Jobs Development ActJob Creation/Retention$6,729,000
2018Kentucky Reinvestment ActManufacturing development$5,953,000
2018Kentucky Rural Economic Development (KREDA)Job Creation/Retention$21,122,000
2018Kentucky Tourism Development ActTourism development$6,042,000
2018Other economic incentivesGeneral Economic Development$60,211,000
2018Programs not meeting the reporting thresholdGeneral Economic Development$10,000,000
2018Tax Increment Financing (TIF)General Economic Development (TIF)$28,067,000
TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL$178,653,000

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
Lexington-FayetteCity/County$1,197,471
Louisville/JeffersonCity/County$13,110,523
Boone CountyCounty$63,625
Kenton CountyCounty$114,949
Warren CountyCounty$165,913
City of Bowling GreenMunicipality$2,508,063
City of CovingtonMunicipality$234,940
City of GeorgetownMunicipality$2,626,210
Bullitt County School DistrictSchool District$848,357
Shelby County School DistrictSchool District$321,035
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$21,191,086