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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
Dover City School DistrictSchool District$134,623
City of Grove CityMunicipality$132,545
Keystone Local School DistrictSchool District$131,934
River View Local School DistrictSchool District$130,557
Urbana City School DistrictSchool District$124,807
Warren City School DistrictSchool District$124,010
Edison Local School District (Erie)School District$122,019
Ashtabula Area City School DistrictSchool District$120,566
Defiance City School DistrictSchool District$120,551
Licking CountyCounty$118,533
North Ridgeville City School DistrictSchool District$111,050
City of CantonMunicipality$108,797
City of MansfieldMunicipality$107,718
City of HudsonMunicipality$107,559
Trumbull CountyCounty$107,100
Archbold-Area Local School DistrictSchool District$106,085
North Canton City School DistrictSchool District$104,727
Perry Local School DistrictSchool District$103,194
City of OakwoodMunicipality$101,479
Bethel Local School DistrictSchool District$99,989
Perry Local School District (Allen)School District$99,967
Sylvania School DistrictSchool District$99,901
Fairborn City School DistrictSchool District$99,658
Knox CountyCounty$98,626
St Bernard-Elmwood Place City School DistrictSchool District$98,609
Ironton City School DistrictSchool District$97,959
Miami Trace Local School DistrictSchool District$97,538
Carey Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$95,277
New Boston Local School DistrictSchool District$92,320
Cambridge City School DistrictSchool District$92,266
City of KentMunicipality$91,214
Louisville City School DistrictSchool District$91,192
Ravenna City School DistrictSchool District$90,578
Mad River Local School DistrictSchool District$87,249
Auglaize CountyCounty$86,940
City of SidneyMunicipality$84,375
Geauga CountyCounty$82,579
City of StowMunicipality$78,394
Triway Local School DistrictSchool District$77,924
Springfield Local School District (Lucas)School District$77,734
City of ReynoldsburgMunicipality$75,827
Perry Local School District (Stark)School District$75,000
Riverside Local School District (Lake)School District$74,260
Galion City School DistrictSchool District$72,454
Liberty Local School DistrictSchool District$71,751
Lorain County Joint Voc School DistrictSchool District$71,000
Liberty-Benton Local School DistrictSchool District$70,628
Tuscarawas Valley Local School DistrictSchool District$70,586
Fredericktown Local School DistrictSchool District$69,848
Fostoria City School DistrictSchool District$68,739
Brecksville-Broadview Heights City School DistrictSchool District$65,403
Indian Lake Local School DistrictSchool District$65,042
Montpelier Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$64,370
Ashtabula CoutnyCounty$63,384
Jonathan Alder Local School DistrictSchool District$62,836
Lakota Local School DistrictSchool District$62,574
Pickerington Local School DistrictSchool District$60,430
Holmes CountyCounty$60,273
Fort Recovery Local School DistrictSchool District$57,526
Paulding Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$56,802
Union CountyCounty$56,525
City of MassillonMunicipality$55,056
Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City School DistrictSchool District$54,402
City of CentervilleMunicipality$53,349
East Muskingum Local School DistrictSchool District$52,531
Reynoldsburg City School DistrictSchool District$50,883
City of SpringfieldMunicipality$49,852
Woodmore Local School DistrictSchool District$49,200
Howland Local School DistrictSchool District$49,146
Tri-Rivers Joint Vocational School DistrictSchool District$49,034
Salem City School DistrictSchool District$47,655
Hancock CountyCounty$46,761
Lakota Local School District (Sandusky)School District$45,856
Hardin CountyCounty$45,748
Marietta City School DistrictSchool District$43,226
Jackson Local School DistrictSchool District$42,909
Marion Local School DistrictSchool District$42,486
Defiance CountyCounty$42,266
Tuscarawas CountyCounty$41,581
Morgan Local School DistrictSchool District$40,059
Grand Valley Local School DistrictSchool District$39,918
Garaway Local School DistrictSchool District$39,093
Vermilion Local School DistrictSchool District$38,534
Crestview Local School District (Richland)School District$35,537
Wellston City School DistrictSchool District$34,359
Xenia Community School DistrictSchool District$33,052
Oberlin City School DistrictSchool District$32,086
Fairless Local School DistrictSchool District$28,789
Buckeye Joint Vocational School DistrictSchool District$28,035
North Royalton City School DistrictSchool District$27,792
Parma City School DistrictSchool District$27,744
Clear Fork Valley Local School DistrictSchool District$25,655
Tecumseh Local School DistrictSchool District$25,163
Campbell City School DistrictSchool District$24,402
City of StreetsboroMunicipality$22,834
Continental Local School DistrictSchool District$22,739
City of WestlakeMunicipality$22,165
Ada Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$21,608
City of LimaMunicipality$21,483
Botkins Local School DistrictSchool District$21,326
Clinton-Massie Local School DistrictSchool District$20,720
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$1,227,542,360