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Kentucky Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Total Revenue Lost$217,258,272

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State-level programs

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YearProgram NameProgram TypeGross Revenue Loss
2019Kentucky Business Investment (KBI)Business attraction/retention/expansion$30,016,000
2019Kentucky Film Industry Tax CreditFilm, TV, and/or media$12,571,000
2019Kentucky Rural Economic Development (KREDA)Manufacturing development$25,432,000
2019Kentucky Tourism Development ActTourism development$6,281,000
2019Programs not meeting the reporting thresholdGeneral Economic Development$10,000,000
2019Tax Increment Financing (TIF)General Economic Development (TIF)$32,416,000
2019Various Other Incentives (below reporting threshold)General Economic Development$10,000,000
2019Various Other Incentives (confidential)General Economic Development$69,083,000
TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL$195,799,000

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 Type sort iconGross Revenue Loss
Lexington-FayetteCity/County$1,448,550
Louisville/JeffersonCity/County$12,696,284
Boone CountyCounty$53,340
Kenton CountyCounty$124,215
Warren CountyCounty$172,823
City of Bowling GreenMunicipality$2,742,136
City of CovingtonMunicipality$531,954
City of GeorgetownMunicipality$2,523,382
Bullitt County School DistrictSchool District$869,744
Shelby County School DistrictSchool District$296,844
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$21,459,272