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Pennsylvania Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Total Revenue Lost$702,186,898

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State-level programs

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YearProgram NameProgram TypeGross Revenue Loss
2018Coal Refuse Energy and Reclamation Tax Credit ProgramEnergy production$1,400,000
2018Educational Tax CreditEducational development$129,400,000
2018Film Production Tax CreditFilm, TV, and/or media$60,400,000
2018Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ)Entrepreneurship/innovation$16,000,000
2018Keystone Opportunity Zone Program (KOZ)General Economic Development (OZ)$92,100,000
2018Neighborhood Assistance ProgramsCapital investment$18,000,000
2018Neighborhood Improvement Zone Program (NIZ)Construction/rehabilitation$45,600,000
2018Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC)Educational development$32,600,000
2018Resource Enhancement & Protection Tax Credit (REAP)Agricultural development$5,400,000
2018Tax Credit for New JobsJob Creation/Retention$10,100,000
TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL$411,000,000

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
Allegheny CountyCounty$5,861,770
Lancaster CountyCounty$246,286
City of AllentownMunicipality$2,439,000
City of ErieMunicipality$1,918,613
City of PhiladelphiaMunicipality$156,802,668
City of PittsburghMunicipality$16,221,144
City of ReadingMunicipality$490,000
Allentown School DistrictSchool District$897,000
Bradford Area School DistrictSchool District$258,000
Burrell School DistrictSchool District$55,354
Carbondale Area School DistrictSchool District$201,435
Carlisle Area School DistrictSchool District$32,326
Central York School DistrictSchool District$667,619
Chambersburg Area School DistrictSchool District$134,197
Crestwood School DistrictSchool district$689,000
Dallastown Area School DistrictSchool district$383,158
East Lycoming School DistrictSchool district$533,000
Eastern York School DistrictSchool district$1,858,277
Easton Area School DistrictSchool district$1,395,953
Elizabethtown Area School DistrictSchool district$663,000
Fort Leboeuf School DistrictSchool district$45,380
General Mclane School DistrictSchool district$218,082
Greencastle-Antrim School DistrictSchool district$668,500
Greenville Area School DistrictSchool district$538,314
Hamburg Area School DistrictSchool district$557,014
Philadelphia Public SchoolsSchool district$73,700,000
Pittsburgh Public SchoolsSchool district$21,510,853
Wilkinsburg Borough School DistrictSchool district$1,622,499
Williamsport Area School DistrictSchool district$440,208
Wyalusing Area School DistrictSchool district$29,200
Wyoming Area School DistrictSchool district$15,726
Wyomissing Area School DistrictSchool district$44,752
York Suburban School DistrictSchool district$48,570
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$291,186,898