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Pennsylvania Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Total Revenue Lost: $650,702,965

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State-level programs

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YearProgram NameProgram Type sort iconGross Revenue Loss
2017Neighborhood Assistance ProgramsCharity/nonprofit/government assistance$18,000,000
2017Resource Enhancement & Protection Tax Credit (REAP)Conservation of farmland, forest, open space, or water$5,400,000
2017Educational Tax CreditEducational development$116,800,000
2017Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC)Educational development$32,600,000
2017Film Production Tax CreditGeneral Economic Development$60,000,000
2017Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ)General Economic Development$21,100,000
2017Keystone Opportunity Zone Program (KOZ)General Economic Development$78,000,000
2017Tax Credit for New JobsJob Creation/Retention$10,100,000
TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL$342,000,000

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$5,507,521
Lancaster CountyCounty$296,404
City of AllentownMunicipality$2,875,000
City of ErieMunicipality$2,248,230
City of PhiladelphiaMunicipality$162,586,390
City of PittsburghMunicipality$14,217,465
City of ReadingMunicipality$468,000
Allentown School DistrictSchool District$720,000
Big Spring School DistrictSchool District$271,023
Bradford Area School DistrictSchool District$272,000
Butler Area School DistrictSchool District$42,241
Carbondale Area School DistrictSchool District$199,487
Carlisle Area School DistrictSchool District$26,992
Chambersburg Area School DistrictSchool District$128,419
Columbia Burough School DistrictSchool district$5,545
Crestwood School DistrictSchool district$615,000
Dallastown Area School DistrictSchool district$83,544
Eastern York School DistrictSchool district$1,784,114
Easton Area School DistrictSchool district$1,316,668
Elizabethtown Area School DistrictSchool district$704,000
Fort Leboeuf School DistrictSchool district$931,184
General McLane School DistrictSchool district$274,395
Girard School DistrictSchool district$27,469
Greencastle-Antrim School DistrictSchool district$753,380
Hamburg Area School DistrictSchool district$595,736
Hanover Public School DistrictSchool district$17,313
Iroquois School DistrictSchool district$1,963
Jersey Shore Area School DistrictSchool district$696,000
Kane Area School DistrictSchool district$29,626
Keystone Central School DistrictSchool district$3,522,596
Lebanon School DistrictSchool district$40,665
Mahanoy Area School DistrictSchool district$50,771
Mechanicsburg Area School DistrictSchool district$42,701
Millcreek Township School DistrictSchool district$22,309
Muncy School DistrictSchool district$84,171
North East School DistrictSchool district$53,000
Northeastern School DistrictSchool district$4,110,597
Northern York County School DistrictSchool district$2,103,855
Pequea Valley School DistrictSchool district$144,000
Philadelphia Public SchoolsSchool district$61,900,000
Pittsburgh Public SchoolsSchool district$22,461,750
Pittston Area School DistrictSchool district$2,446,679
Port Allegany School DistrictSchool district$5,479
Red Lion Area School DistrictSchool district$4,994,790
Schuylkill Valley School DistrictSchool district$158,581
Seneca Valley School DistrictSchool district$1,935,569
Shippensburg Area School DistrictSchool district$1,010,685
Souderton Area School DistrictSchool district$93,351
South Eastern School DistrictSchool district$1,798
South Western School DistrictSchool district$40,982
South Williamsport Area School DistrictSchool district$49,000
Southern York County School DistrictSchool district$2,371,255
Spring Grove Area School DistrictSchool district$434,064
St. Marys Area School DistrictSchool district$75,195
Tulpehocken Area School DistrictSchool district$1,703,461
Valley View School DistrictSchool district$560,533
Wellsboro Area School DistrictSchool district$24,047
Western Wayne School DistrictSchool district$7,311
Wilkinsburg Borough School DistrictSchool district$24,462
Williamsport Area School DistrictSchool district$439,505
Wyoming Area School DistrictSchool district$13,028
Wyomissing Area School DistrictSchool district$44,752
York Suburban School DistrictSchool district$36,914
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$308,702,965