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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
Cincinnati Public School DistrictSchool District$244,443,000
Cleveland Municipal School DistrictSchool District$173,661,496
Franklin CountyCounty$131,152,000
City of ColumbusMunicipality$123,060,028
City of CincinnatiMunicipality$65,627,000
City of ClevelandMunicipality$48,619,000
Hamilton CountyCounty$41,525,000
City of ToledoMunicipality$41,386,000
Columbus City School DistrictSchool District$38,583,466
Cuyahoga CountyCounty$22,945,635
Olentangy Local School DistrictSchool District$21,831,436
Montgomery CountyCounty$15,863,669
Groveport Madison Local School DistrictSchool District$15,277,720
Toledo City School DistrictSchool District$11,294,696
South-Western City School DistrictSchool District$10,867,510
Dayton City School DistrictSchool District$10,357,326
Butler CountyCounty$9,217,506
New Albany-Plain Local School DistrictSchool District$7,451,022
Princeton City School DistrictSchool District$7,000,744
Winton Woods City School DistrictSchool District$6,977,062
Troy City School DistrictSchool District$6,166,129
Westerville City School DistrictSchool District$6,100,858
Warrensville Heights City School DistrictSchool District$5,566,888
City of DaytonMunicipality$4,525,832
Cleveland Public LibrarySpecial district$3,601,390
Washington Local School DistrictSchool District$3,578,707
City of AvonMunicipality$3,533,622
Solon City School DistrictSchool District$3,465,244
Rossford Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$3,421,394
Hamilton Local School DistrictSchool District$3,192,023
Licking Heights Local School DistrictSchool District$3,048,107
Monroe Local School DistrictSchool District$2,984,392
Northwest Local School District (Hamilton)School District$2,972,465
Southwest Licking Local School DistrictSchool District$2,500,288
Westlake City School DistrictSchool District$2,493,400
Garfield Heights City School DistrictSchool District$2,451,343
Elyria City School DistrictSchool District$2,411,989
Miamisburg City School DistrictSchool District$2,269,684
Avon Local School DistrictSchool District$2,262,551
Lakewood City School DistrictSchool District$2,154,680
Sycamore Community City School DistrictSchool District$1,918,839
Euclid City School DistrictSchool District$1,909,858
Erie CountyCounty$1,876,954
Southwest Local School DistrictSchool District$1,871,700
Mahoning CountyCounty$1,851,357
Grandview Heights School DistrictSchool District$1,832,740
Lucas CountyCounty$1,663,808
City of DelawareMunicipality$1,617,608
Minford Local School DistrictSchool District$1,583,656
Williams CountyCounty$1,512,956
Mariemont City School DistrictSchool District$1,471,336
City of FairfieldMunicipality$1,463,699
Strongsville City School DistrictSchool District$1,455,585
Mansfield City School DistrictSchool District$1,450,526
Aurora City School DistrictSchool District$1,450,428
Gahanna-Jefferson City School DistrictSchool District$1,433,221
Lakota Local School District (Butler)School District$1,392,517
Mason City School DistrictSchool District$1,318,958
Scioto Valley Local School DistrictSchool District$1,262,017
Norwood City School DistrictSchool District$1,237,135
Warren CountyCounty$1,234,752
City of Canal WinchesterMunicipality$1,219,404
Shaker Heights City School DistrictSchool District$1,210,353
Vandalia-Butler City School DistrictSchool District$1,205,109
Bedford City School DistrictSchool District$1,153,481
Hilliard City School DistrictSchool District$1,131,672
Wood CountyCounty$1,130,708
North Central Local School DistrictSchool District$1,106,827
Woodridge Local School DistrictSchool District$1,100,809
Canal Winchester Local School DistrictSchool District$1,099,334
Tri-County North Local School DistrictSchool District$1,093,040
Fairfield City School DistrictSchool District$1,045,234
Loveland City School DistrictSchool District$1,032,905
Milford Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$1,022,042
City of HilliardMunicipality$1,019,747
Huron City School DistrictSchool District$1,018,147
City of BedfordMunicipality$1,005,770
Jefferson CountyCounty$992,710
City of ElyriaMunicipality$983,215
Youngstown City School DistrictSchool District$982,766
Piqua City School DistrictSchool District$969,980
Bowling Green City School DistrictSchool District$940,491
Shelby City School DistrictSchool District$930,844
City of AkronMunicipality$921,684
Batavia Local School DistrictSchool District$916,882
Wooster City School DistrictSchool District$905,885
Kettering City School DistrictSchool District$872,289
City of Grandview HeightsMunicipality$869,527
City of MentorMunicipality$858,954
Clyde-Green Springs Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$827,511
Findlay City School DistrictSchool District$820,521
Stow-Munroe Falls City School DistrictSchool District$816,131
City of GahannaMunicipality$756,839
Orange City School DistrictSchool District$748,716
Teays Valley Local School DistrictSchool District$740,437
Franklin City School DistrictSchool District$734,117
Napoleon Area City School DistrictSchool District$731,584
Leipsic Local School DistrictSchool District$724,384
City of SolonMunicipality$712,757
North Olmsted City School DistrictSchool District$702,510
Brookville Local School DistrictSchool District$679,740
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$1,227,542,360