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Ohio Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Total Revenue Lost$543,795,750

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State-level programs

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YearProgram NameProgram TypeGross Revenue Loss
2019Historic Preservation Tax CreditHistoric Preservation$33,797,000
2019Job Creation Credit (including Computer Data Center Tax Abatement)Job Creation/Retention$177,378,000
2019Job Retention CreditJob Creation/Retention$56,039,000
2019Motion Picture Tax CreditFilm, TV, and/or media$14,050,000
2019New Markets Tax CreditCapital investment$6,744,000
TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL$288,008,000

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
Cuyahoga CountyCounty$3,572,900
Franklin CountyCounty$17,997,000
Hamilton CountyCounty$5,316,000
Montgomery CountyCounty$2,047,747
City of AkronMunicipality$69,500
City of CincinnatiMunicipality$9,578,000
City of ClevelandMunicipality$7,704,000
City of ColumbusMunicipality$18,570,000
City of ToledoMunicipality$3,710,000
Ada Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$21,608
Akron City School DistrictSchool District$248,211
Amanda-Clearcreek Local School DistrictSchool District$5,979
Anna Local School DistrictSchool District$13,756
Anthony Wayne Local School DistrictSchool District$142,803
Archbold-Area Local School DistrictSchool District$106,085
Ashland City School DistrictSchool District$386,460
Ashtabula Area City School DistrictSchool District$75,316
Aurora City School DistrictSchool District$1,011,134
Austintown Local School DistrictSchool District$354,700
Avon Lake City School DistrictSchool District$250,000
Avon Local School DistrictSchool District$1,060,393
Barberton City School DistrictSchool District$116,382
Batavia Local School DistrictSchool District$474,346
Bath Local School DistrictSchool District$213,522
Bedford City School DistrictSchool District$659,102
Bellaire Local School DistrictSchool District$15,036
Bellefontaine City School DistrictSchool District$5,320
Benjamin Logan Local School DistrictSchool District$205,574
Bethel Local School DistrictSchool District$99,989
Bloom-Carroll Local School DistrictSchool District$5,818
Bluffton Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$5,612
Botkins Local School DistrictSchool District$21,326
Bowling Green City School DistrictSchool District$482,643
Brecksville-Broadview Heights City School DistrictSchool District$23,500
Brookville Local School DistrictSchool District$679,740
Bryan City School DistrictSchool District$218,378
Buckeye Local School District (Ashtabula)School District$879
Cambridge City School DistrictSchool District$39,758
Canal Winchester Local School DistrictSchool District$582,813
Canton Local School DistrictSchool District$275,686
Cardinal Local School DistrictSchool District$94,070
Carey Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$95,277
Celina City School DistrictSchool District$292,483
Centerville City School DistrictSchool District$142,320
Champion Local School DistrictSchool District$10,518
Chippewa Local School DistrictSchool District$1,000
Cincinnati Public School DistrictSchool District$37,881,187
Clark-Shawnee Local School DistrictSchool District$75,323
Clear Fork Valley Local School DistrictSchool District$15,184
Cleveland Municipal School DistrictSchool District$34,685,527
Clinton-Massie Local School DistrictSchool District$14,051
Cloverleaf Local School DistrictSchool District$198,350
Clyde-Green Springs Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$388,851
Coldwater Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$0
Columbiana Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$4,497
Columbus City School DistrictSchool District$5,773,670
Continental Local School DistrictSchool District$22,739
Coshocton City School DistrictSchool District$386,741
Crestview Local School District (Richland)School District$19,019
Cuyahoga Falls City School DistrictSchool District$524,607
Dayton City School DistrictSchool District$1,290,481
Deer Park Community City School DistrictSchool District$1,716
Defiance City School DistrictSchool District$120,551
Delphos City School DistrictSchool District$139,454
Dover City School DistrictSchool District$103,164
Dublin City School DistrictSchool District$0
East Cleveland City School DistrictSchool District$170,072
East Muskingum Local School DistrictSchool District$41,511
Edgerton Local School DistrictSchool District$6,555
Edison Local School District (Erie)School District$122,019
Elgin Local School DistrictSchool District$252,957
Elyria City School DistrictSchool District$219,318
Euclid City School DistrictSchool District$993,982
Fairbanks Local School DistrictSchool District$20,603
Fairborn City School DistrictSchool District$99,658
Fairfield City School DistrictSchool District$631,344
Fairfield Union Local School DistrictSchool District$8,165
Fairless Local School DistrictSchool District$19,185
Fairview Park City School DistrictSchool District$543,363
Fayette Local School DistrictSchool District$3,592
Findlay City School DistrictSchool District$691,091
Fort Frye Local School DistrictSchool District$12,120
Fort Recovery Local School DistrictSchool District$57,526
Fostoria City School DistrictSchool District$33,182
Franklin City School DistrictSchool District$360,438
Fredericktown Local School DistrictSchool District$30,694
Gahanna-Jefferson City School DistrictSchool District$849,279
Galion City School DistrictSchool District$36,770
Garaway Local School DistrictSchool District$30,944
Geneva Area City School DistrictSchool District$565
Gibsonburg Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$13,685
Grand Valley Local School DistrictSchool District$15,021
Grandview Heights School DistrictSchool District$1,832,740
Granville Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$3,026
Groveport Madison Local School DistrictSchool District$9,328,580
Hamilton Local School DistrictSchool District$1,680,422
Heath City School DistrictSchool District$443,142
Highland Local School District (Medina)School District$209,100
Hilliard City School DistrictSchool District$1,131,672
Howland Local School DistrictSchool District$3,369
Hubbard Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$11,734
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$255,787,750