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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 sort icon
Cincinnati Public School DistrictSchool District$37,881,187
Cleveland Municipal School DistrictSchool District$34,685,527
City of ColumbusMunicipality$18,570,000
Franklin CountyCounty$17,997,000
City of CincinnatiMunicipality$9,578,000
Groveport Madison Local School DistrictSchool District$9,328,580
City of ClevelandMunicipality$7,704,000
South-Western City School DistrictSchool District$6,965,951
Columbus City School DistrictSchool District$5,773,670
Hamilton CountyCounty$5,316,000
New Albany-Plain Local School DistrictSchool District$4,734,089
Olentangy Local School DistrictSchool District$4,040,055
City of ToledoMunicipality$3,710,000
Cuyahoga CountyCounty$3,572,900
Troy City School DistrictSchool District$3,422,436
Toledo City School DistrictSchool District$3,315,575
Westerville City School DistrictSchool District$3,208,415
Monroe Local School DistrictSchool District$2,984,392
Licking Heights Local School DistrictSchool District$2,630,623
Southwest Licking Local School DistrictSchool District$2,408,944
Solon City School DistrictSchool District$2,055,455
Montgomery CountyCounty$2,047,747
Westlake City School DistrictSchool District$2,045,647
Rossford Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$2,038,073
Washington Local School DistrictSchool District$1,886,899
Grandview Heights School DistrictSchool District$1,832,740
Princeton City School DistrictSchool District$1,737,580
Hamilton Local School DistrictSchool District$1,680,422
Mariemont City School DistrictSchool District$1,471,336
Lakewood City School DistrictSchool District$1,370,299
Dayton City School DistrictSchool District$1,290,481
Shaker Heights City School DistrictSchool District$1,210,353
Hilliard City School DistrictSchool District$1,131,672
North Central Local School DistrictSchool District$1,106,827
Tri-County North Local School DistrictSchool District$1,093,040
Winton Woods City School DistrictSchool District$1,078,802
Avon Local School DistrictSchool District$1,060,393
Lakota Local School District (Butler)School District$1,036,497
Aurora City School DistrictSchool District$1,011,134
Euclid City School DistrictSchool District$993,982
Youngstown City School DistrictSchool District$982,766
Norwood City School DistrictSchool District$918,647
Gahanna-Jefferson City School DistrictSchool District$849,279
Mason City School DistrictSchool District$822,562
Orange City School DistrictSchool District$748,716
Leipsic Local School DistrictSchool District$724,384
Findlay City School DistrictSchool District$691,091
Brookville Local School DistrictSchool District$679,740
Teays Valley Local School DistrictSchool District$664,945
Bedford City School DistrictSchool District$659,102
Strongsville City School DistrictSchool District$646,180
Fairfield City School DistrictSchool District$631,344
Mansfield City School DistrictSchool District$626,008
Woodridge Local School DistrictSchool District$619,202
Sandusky City School DistrictSchool District$606,360
Canal Winchester Local School DistrictSchool District$582,813
Huron City School DistrictSchool District$557,320
Northwest Local School District (Hamilton)School District$548,114
Fairview Park City School DistrictSchool District$543,363
Vandalia-Butler City School DistrictSchool District$535,372
Cuyahoga Falls City School DistrictSchool District$524,607
Kettering City School DistrictSchool District$513,563
Madison Local School District (Richland)School District$506,258
Stow-Munroe Falls City School DistrictSchool District$500,000
Shelby City School DistrictSchool District$491,643
Bowling Green City School DistrictSchool District$482,643
Batavia Local School DistrictSchool District$474,346
Kent City School DistrictSchool District$468,701
Piqua City School DistrictSchool District$465,756
Lincolnview Local School DistrictSchool District$454,106
Twinsburg City School DistrictSchool District$446,085
Mayfield City School DistrictSchool District$444,012
Heath City School DistrictSchool District$443,142
West Clermont Local School DistrictSchool District$424,469
Marysville Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$404,871
Northeastern Local School District (Defiance)School District$403,676
Wooster City School DistrictSchool District$389,116
Clyde-Green Springs Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$388,851
Coshocton City School DistrictSchool District$386,741
Ashland City School DistrictSchool District$386,460
Oregon City School DistrictSchool District$385,538
Medina City School DistrictSchool District$380,847
Franklin City School DistrictSchool District$360,438
Austintown Local School DistrictSchool District$354,700
Milford Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$353,343
Hudson City School DistrictSchool District$351,165
Warrensville Heights City School DistrictSchool District$342,642
Zane Trace Local School DistrictSchool District$298,648
Lancaster City School DistrictSchool District$296,446
Celina City School DistrictSchool District$292,483
Madeira City School DistrictSchool District$286,353
Tallmadge City School DistrictSchool District$278,642
Canton Local School DistrictSchool District$275,686
Tiffin City School DistrictSchool District$263,289
Perrysburg Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$262,260
Lebanon City School DistrictSchool District$262,214
Newark City School DistrictSchool District$260,918
St Marys City School DistrictSchool District$253,503
Elgin Local School DistrictSchool District$252,957
Avon Lake City School DistrictSchool District$250,000
Middletown City School DistrictSchool District$249,134
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$255,787,750