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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 Jurisdiction sort iconJurisdiction TypeGross Revenue Loss
Clear Fork Valley Local School DistrictSchool District$25,655
Clermont CountyCounty$189,670
Cleveland Municipal School DistrictSchool District$173,661,496
Cleveland Public LibrarySpecial district$3,601,390
Clinton-Massie Local School DistrictSchool District$20,720
Cloverleaf Local School DistrictSchool District$412,230
Clyde-Green Springs Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$827,511
Coldwater Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$0
Columbiana Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$4,497
Columbus City School DistrictSchool District$38,583,466
Continental Local School DistrictSchool District$22,739
Coshocton City School DistrictSchool District$386,741
Coshocton CountyCounty$10,558
Crestview Local School District (Richland)School District$35,537
Cuyahoga CountyCounty$22,945,635
Cuyahoga Falls City School DistrictSchool District$524,607
Dayton City School DistrictSchool District$10,357,326
Deer Park Community City School DistrictSchool District$4,798
Defiance City School DistrictSchool District$120,551
Defiance CountyCounty$42,266
Delaware City School DistrictSchool District$480,081
Delaware CountyCounty$198,794
Delphos City School DistrictSchool District$139,454
Dover City School DistrictSchool District$134,623
Dublin City School DistrictSchool District$0
East Cleveland City School DistrictSchool District$170,072
East Muskingum Local School DistrictSchool District$52,531
Edgerton Local School DistrictSchool District$6,555
Edison Local School District (Erie)School District$122,019
Elgin Local School DistrictSchool District$513,689
Elyria City School DistrictSchool District$2,411,989
Erie CountyCounty$1,876,954
Euclid City School DistrictSchool District$1,909,858
Fairbanks Local School DistrictSchool District$20,603
Fairborn City School DistrictSchool District$99,658
Fairfield City School DistrictSchool District$1,045,234
Fairfield CountyCounty$181,135
Fairfield Union Local School DistrictSchool District$16,526
Fairless Local School DistrictSchool District$28,789
Fairview Park City School DistrictSchool District$543,363
Fayette Local School DistrictSchool District$3,592
Field Local School DistrictSchool District$257,762
Findlay City School DistrictSchool District$820,521
Fort Frye Local School DistrictSchool District$12,120
Fort Recovery Local School DistrictSchool District$57,526
Fostoria City School DistrictSchool District$68,739
Franklin City School DistrictSchool District$734,117
Franklin CountyCounty$131,152,000
Fredericktown Local School DistrictSchool District$69,848
Fulton CountyCounty$567,287
Gahanna-Jefferson City School DistrictSchool District$1,433,221
Galion City School DistrictSchool District$72,454
Garaway Local School DistrictSchool District$39,093
Garfield Heights City School DistrictSchool District$2,451,343
Geauga CountyCounty$82,579
Geneva Area City School DistrictSchool District$20,258
Gibsonburg Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$13,685
Grand Valley Local School DistrictSchool District$39,918
Grandview Heights School DistrictSchool District$1,832,740
Granville Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$3,026
Groveport Madison Local School DistrictSchool District$15,277,720
Hamilton CountyCounty$41,525,000
Hamilton Local School DistrictSchool District$3,192,023
Hancock CountyCounty$46,761
Hardin CountyCounty$45,748
Heath City School DistrictSchool District$443,142
Highland Local School District (Medina)School District$209,100
Hilliard City School DistrictSchool District$1,131,672
Holmes CountyCounty$60,273
Howland Local School DistrictSchool District$49,146
Hubbard Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$15,664
Huber Heights City School DistrictSchool District$193,577
Hudson City School DistrictSchool District$469,752
Huron City School DistrictSchool District$1,018,147
Indian Lake Local School DistrictSchool District$65,042
Ironton City School DistrictSchool District$97,959
Jackson Local School DistrictSchool District$42,909
Jackson-Milton Local School DistrictSchool District$191,636
Jefferson Area Local School DistrictSchool District$14,193
Jefferson CountyCounty$992,710
Jefferson Township Local School DistrictSchool District$154,000
Johnstown-Monroe Local School DistrictSchool District$8,742
Jonathan Alder Local School DistrictSchool District$62,836
Kent City School DistrictSchool District$631,888
Kenton City School DistrictSchool District$159,522
Kettering City School DistrictSchool District$872,289
Keystone Local School DistrictSchool District$131,934
Knox CountyCounty$98,626
Labrae Local School DistrictSchool District$12,434
Lake Local School District (Wood)School District$9,576
Lakewood City School DistrictSchool District$2,154,680
Lakewood Local School DistrictSchool District$404,043
Lakota Local School DistrictSchool District$62,574
Lakota Local School District (Butler)School District$1,392,517
Lakota Local School District (Sandusky)School District$45,856
Lancaster City School DistrictSchool District$591,703
Lebanon City School DistrictSchool District$443,497
Leipsic Local School DistrictSchool District$724,384
Lexington Local School DistrictSchool District$386,202
Liberty Local School DistrictSchool District$71,751
Liberty-Benton Local School DistrictSchool District$70,628
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$1,227,542,360