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Louisiana Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Total Revenue Lost$746,017,881

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State-level programs

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YearProgram NameProgram TypeGross Revenue Loss
2018Cooperative Endeavor Agreements for Tax Increment Financing (TIF) DistrictsGeneral Economic Development$11,473,401
2018Digital Interactive Media and Software Tax CreditEntrepreneurship/innovation$11,574,373
2018Enterprise Zone (EZ) ProgramGeneral Economic Development$37,258,756
2018Industrial Tax Exemption Program (ITEP)Job Creation/Retention$62,429
2018Louisiana Quality Jobs ProgramBusiness attraction/retention/expansion$104,303,596
2018Motion Picture Production Tax CreditFilm, TV, and/or media$180,000,000
2018Musical and Theatrical Production Income Tax CreditEducational development$6,377,078
2018New Market Tax CreditBusiness attraction/retention/expansion$1,938,840
2018Procurement Processing Company RebateRetail development$11,693,808
2018Rehabilitation of Historic StructuresHistoric Preservation$99,929,840
2018Retention and Modernization Tax CreditBusiness attraction/retention/expansion$4,031,575
2018Sound Recording Investor Tax CreditMusic, arts, or recreation$41,673
2018Tax Equalization ProgramManufacturing development$7,455,954
TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL$476,141,323

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
St. Charles Parish School BoardSchool District$56,435,359
Ascension Parish School BoardSchool District$43,447,785
Iberville Parish School BoardSchool District$31,738,016
East Baton Rouge Parish School BoardSchool District$16,900,000
City of Baton Rouge/East Baton Rouge ParishCity/County$13,837,220
Calcasieu Parish School BoardSchool District$12,845,000
Calcasieu ParishCounty$10,860,378
Rapides Parish School BoardSchool District$10,068,725
City of New OrleansMunicipality$8,815,000
West Baton Rouge Parish School BoardSchool District$8,532,280
Jefferson ParishCounty$7,877,018
St. James Parish School BoardSchool District$6,640,540
DeSoto Parish School BoardSchool District$5,564,137
Cameron Parish School BoardSchool District$5,053,680
St. Bernard Parish School BoardSchool District$4,035,041
City of ShreveportMunicipality$3,810,562
Jefferson Parish School BoardSchool District$3,050,759
City of Lafayette/Lafayette ParishCity/County$2,136,130
Livingston Parish School BoardSchool District$1,998,921
Lafayette Parish School BoardSchool District$1,825,695
St. Tammany Parish School BoardSchool District$1,689,005
West Feliciana Parish School BoardSchool District$1,416,921
Ouachita Parish School BoardSchool District$1,368,172
Allen Parish School BoardSchool District$1,270,595
Lafourche Parish School BoardSchool District$996,479
Bossier Parish School BoardSchool District$921,126
Evangeline Parish School BoardSchool District$897,045
Red River Parish School BoardSchool District$805,000
Winn Parish School BoardSchool District$659,933
Pointe Coupee Parish School BoardSchool District$600,000
Jackson Parish School BoardSchool District$593,280
Iberia Parish School BoardSchool District$459,512
Orleans Parish School BoardSchool District$453,033
Webster Parish School BoardSchool District$409,773
Bienville Parish School BoardSchool District$347,028
Vermilion Parish School BoardSchool District$322,719
Assumption Parish School BoardSchool District$230,000
St. Landry Parish School BoardSchool District$224,113
St. John the Baptist Parish School BoardSchool District$178,801
St. Tammany ParishCounty$168,484
Lincoln Parish School BoardSchool District$132,148
Tangipahoa Parish School BoardSchool District$102,760
Washington Parish School BoardSchool District$75,351
City of AlexandriaMunicipality$52,003
Vernon Parish School BoardSchool District$31,031
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$269,876,558