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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
Archbold-Area Local School DistrictSchool District$106,085
Ashland City School DistrictSchool District$386,460
Ashtabula Area City School DistrictSchool District$120,566
Aurora City School DistrictSchool District$1,450,428
Austintown Local School DistrictSchool District$385,157
Avon Lake City School DistrictSchool District$250,000
Avon Local School DistrictSchool District$2,262,551
Barberton City School DistrictSchool District$237,709
Batavia Local School DistrictSchool District$916,882
Bath Local School DistrictSchool District$213,522
Bedford City School DistrictSchool District$1,153,481
Bellaire Local School DistrictSchool District$15,036
Bellefontaine City School DistrictSchool District$5,320
Benjamin Logan Local School DistrictSchool District$205,574
Bethel Local School DistrictSchool District$99,989
Bloom-Carroll Local School DistrictSchool District$5,818
Bluffton Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$5,612
Botkins Local School DistrictSchool District$21,326
Bowling Green City School DistrictSchool District$940,491
Brecksville-Broadview Heights City School DistrictSchool District$65,403
Brookville Local School DistrictSchool District$679,740
Bryan City School DistrictSchool District$421,202
Buckeye Joint Vocational School DistrictSchool District$28,035
Buckeye Local School District (Ashtabula)School District$1,758
Cambridge City School DistrictSchool District$92,266
Campbell City School DistrictSchool District$24,402
Canal Winchester Local School DistrictSchool District$1,099,334
Canton Local School DistrictSchool District$556,274
Cardinal Local School DistrictSchool District$175,705
Carey Exempted Village School DistrictSchool District$95,277
Celina City School DistrictSchool District$292,483
Centerville City School DistrictSchool District$291,154
Champion Local School DistrictSchool District$20,140
Chippewa Local School DistrictSchool District$1,000
Cincinnati Public School DistrictSchool District$244,443,000
Clark-Shawnee Local School DistrictSchool District$184,468
Claymont City School DistrictSchool District$18,346
Clear Fork Valley Local School DistrictSchool District$25,655
Cleveland Municipal School DistrictSchool District$173,661,496
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
Crestview Local School District (Richland)School District$35,537
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
Delaware City School DistrictSchool District$480,081
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
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 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
Fredericktown Local School DistrictSchool District$69,848
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
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 Local School DistrictSchool District$3,192,023
Heath City School DistrictSchool District$443,142
Highland Local School District (Medina)School District$209,100
Hilliard City School DistrictSchool District$1,131,672
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
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$1,227,542,360