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Ohio Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Total Revenue Lost$3,112,719,360

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State-level programs

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YearProgram NameProgram TypeGross Revenue Loss
2017Historic Preservation CreditHistoric Preservation$34,695,000
2018Historic Preservation Tax CreditHistoric Preservation$26,740,000
2019Historic Preservation Tax CreditHistoric Preservation$33,797,000
2020Historic Preservation Tax CreditHistoric Preservation$24,602,000
2021Historic Preservation Tax CreditHistoric Preservation$48,111,000
2022Historic Preservation Tax CreditHistoric Preservation$65,950,000
2017Job Creation CreditJob Creation/Retention$113,355,000
2018Job Creation CreditJob Creation/Retention$148,550,000
2020Job Creation CreditTechnology (data center)$229,854,000
2021Job Creation CreditTechnology (data center)$280,027,000
2022Job Creation CreditTechnology (data center)$264,421,000
2019Job Creation Credit (including Computer Data Center Tax Abatement)Job Creation/Retention$177,378,000
2017Job Retention CreditJob Creation/Retention$54,251,000
2018Job Retention CreditJob Creation/Retention$52,801,000
2019Job Retention CreditJob Creation/Retention$56,039,000
2020Job Retention CreditJob Creation/Retention$36,786,000
2021Job Retention CreditJob Creation/Retention$47,983,000
2022Job Retention CreditJob Creation/Retention$33,814,000
2017Motion Picture CreditGeneral Economic Development$18,957,000
2018Motion Picture Tax CreditFilm, TV, and/or media$15,839,000
2019Motion Picture Tax CreditFilm, TV, and/or media$14,050,000
2020Motion Picture Tax CreditFilm, TV, and/or media$11,717,000
2021Motion Picture Tax CreditFilm, TV, and/or media$29,122,000
2022Motion Picture Tax CreditFilm, TV, and/or media$13,713,000
2017New Markets Tax CreditGeneral Economic Development$4,359,000
2018New Markets Tax CreditCommunity development$5,051,000
2019New Markets Tax CreditCapital investment$6,744,000
2020New Markets Tax CreditCommunity development$7,154,000
2021New Markets Tax CreditCommunity development$9,820,000
2022New Markets Tax CreditCommunity development$9,247,000
2022Rural Business Growth Tax CreditCommunity development$10,250,000
TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL$1,885,177,000

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
Warren CountyCounty$1,234,752
Norwood City School DistrictSchool District$1,237,135
Scioto Valley Local School DistrictSchool District$1,262,017
Mason City School DistrictSchool District$1,318,958
Lakota Local School District (Butler)School District$1,392,517
Gahanna-Jefferson City School DistrictSchool District$1,433,221
Aurora City School DistrictSchool District$1,450,428
Mansfield City School DistrictSchool District$1,450,526
Strongsville City School DistrictSchool District$1,455,585
City of FairfieldMunicipality$1,463,699
Mariemont City School DistrictSchool District$1,471,336
Williams CountyCounty$1,512,956
Minford Local School DistrictSchool District$1,583,656
City of DelawareMunicipality$1,617,608
Lucas CountyCounty$1,663,808
Grandview Heights School DistrictSchool District$1,832,740
Mahoning CountyCounty$1,851,357
Southwest Local School DistrictSchool District$1,871,700
Erie CountyCounty$1,876,954
Euclid City School DistrictSchool District$1,909,858
Sycamore Community City School DistrictSchool District$1,918,839
Lakewood City School DistrictSchool District$2,154,680
Avon Local School DistrictSchool District$2,262,551
Miamisburg City School DistrictSchool District$2,269,684
Elyria City School DistrictSchool District$2,411,989
Garfield Heights City School DistrictSchool District$2,451,343
Westlake City School DistrictSchool District$2,493,400
Southwest Licking Local School DistrictSchool District$2,500,288
Northwest Local School District (Hamilton)School District$2,972,465
Monroe Local School DistrictSchool District$2,984,392
Licking Heights Local School DistrictSchool District$3,048,107
Hamilton Local School DistrictSchool District$3,192,023
Rossford Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$3,421,394
Solon City School DistrictSchool District$3,465,244
City of AvonMunicipality$3,533,622
Washington Local School DistrictSchool District$3,578,707
Cleveland Public LibrarySpecial district$3,601,390
City of DaytonMunicipality$4,525,832
Warrensville Heights City School DistrictSchool District$5,566,888
Westerville City School DistrictSchool District$6,100,858
Troy City School DistrictSchool District$6,166,129
Winton Woods City School DistrictSchool District$6,977,062
Princeton City School DistrictSchool District$7,000,744
New Albany-Plain Local School DistrictSchool District$7,451,022
Butler CountyCounty$9,217,506
Dayton City School DistrictSchool District$10,357,326
South-Western City School DistrictSchool District$10,867,510
Toledo City School DistrictSchool District$11,294,696
Groveport Madison Local School DistrictSchool District$15,277,720
Montgomery CountyCounty$15,863,669
Olentangy Local School DistrictSchool District$21,831,436
Cuyahoga CountyCounty$22,945,635
Columbus City School DistrictSchool District$38,583,466
City of ToledoMunicipality$41,386,000
Hamilton CountyCounty$41,525,000
City of ClevelandMunicipality$48,619,000
City of CincinnatiMunicipality$65,627,000
City of ColumbusMunicipality$123,060,028
Franklin CountyCounty$131,152,000
Cleveland Municipal School DistrictSchool District$173,661,496
Cincinnati Public School DistrictSchool District$244,443,000
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$1,227,542,360