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Rhode Island Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Total Revenue Lost$441,167,179

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State-level or Territory-level programs

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YearProgram NameProgram TypeGross Revenue Loss
2017Contribution to Scholarship Org Tax CreditEducational development$1,175,000
2020Employer's Apprenticeship Tax CreditsWorkforce development$5,000
2017Historic Preservation Tax CreditsHistoric Preservation$13,678,000
2018Historic Preservation Tax CreditsHistoric Preservation$25,189,000
2019Historic Preservation Tax CreditsHistoric Preservation$18,998,000
2020Historic Preservation Tax CreditsHistoric Preservation$25,108,000
2021Historic Preservation Tax CreditsHistoric Preservation$13,317,000
2022Historic Preservation Tax CreditsHistoric Preservation$948,000
2023Historic Preservation Tax CreditsHistoric Preservation$3,119,000
2017Job Development ActJob Creation/Retention$8,954,000
2018Job Development ActJob Creation/Retention$7,934,000
2019Job Development ActJob Creation/Retention$11,552,000
2020Job Development ActJob Creation/Retention$19,504,000
2021Job Development ActJob Creation/Retention$14,410,000
2022Job Development ActJob Creation/Retention$39,658,000
2023Job Development ActJob Creation/Retention$23,377,000
2017Job Training Tax CreditJob Creation/Retention$588,000
2018Job Training Tax CreditWorkforce development$1,429,000
2019Job Training Tax CreditWorkforce development$505,000
2020Job Training Tax CreditWorkforce development$253,000
2017Motion Picture Production CreditGeneral Economic Development$1,722,000
2018Motion Picture Production CreditFilm, TV, and/or media$3,777,000
2019Motion Picture Production CreditFilm, TV, and/or media$2,338,000
2020Motion Picture Production CreditFilm, TV, and/or media$1,796,000
2021Motion Picture Production CreditFilm, TV, and/or media$2,234,000
2022Motion Picture Production CreditFilm, TV, and/or media$9,255,000
2023Motion Picture Production CreditFilm, TV, and/or media$10,567,000
2019Other commitments under tax abatementsGeneral Economic Development$2,044,000
2019Qualified Jobs Incentive Tax CreditJob Creation/Retention$40,000
2020Qualified Jobs Incentive Tax CreditJob Creation/Retention$96,000
2021Qualified Jobs Incentive Tax CreditJob Creation/Retention$62,000
2022Qualified Jobs Incentive Tax CreditJob Creation/Retention$293,000
2023Qualified Jobs Incentive Tax CreditJob Creation/Retention$929,000
2020Rebuild Rhode Island Tax CreditBusiness attraction/retention/expansion$3,594,000
2021Rebuild Rhode Island Tax CreditBusiness attraction/retention/expansion$8,714,000
2022Rebuild Rhode Island Tax CreditBusiness attraction/retention/expansion$8,791,000
2023Rebuild Rhode Island Tax CreditBusiness attraction/retention/expansion$9,102,000
2018Tax Credit for Contributions to Qualified Scholarship OrganizationsEducational development$1,425,000
2019Tax Credit for Contributions to Qualified Scholarship OrganizationsEducational development$1,221,000
2022Tax Credit for Contributions to Qualified Scholarship OrganizationsEducational development$1,021,000
2023Tax Credit for Contributions to Qualified Scholarship OrganizationsEducational development$1,491,000
2020Tax Credit for Contributions Tourism development Qualified ScholarshipEducational development$1,257,000
2021Tax Credit for Contributions Tourism development Qualified ScholarshipEducational development$1,194,000
2019Tax Increment Financing (TIF)General Economic Development (TIF)$256,000
2020Tax Increment Financing (TIF)Business attraction/retention/expansion$624,000
2021Tax Increment Financing (TIF)Business attraction/retention/expansion$303,000
2022Tax Increment Financing (TIF)Business attraction/retention/expansion$866,000
2023Tax Increment Financing (TIF)Business attraction/retention/expansion$1,636,000
2021Tax Increment Financing (TIF) PILOTBusiness attraction/retention/expansion$473,000
2022Tax Increment Financing (TIF) PILOTBusiness attraction/retention/expansion$1,201,000
2023Tax Increment Financing (TIF) PILOTBusiness attraction/retention/expansion$1,551,000
2018Wavemaker FellowshipJob Creation/Retention$62,000
2019Wavemaker FellowshipJob Creation/Retention$94,000
2020Wavemaker FellowshipEntrepreneurship/innovation$61,000
2021Wavemaker FellowshipEntrepreneurship/innovation$93,000
2022Wavemaker FellowshipEntrepreneurship/innovation$55,000
2023Wavemaker FellowshipEntrepreneurship/innovation$26,000
TABULATED STATE-OR-TERRITORY LEVEL TOTAL$309,965,000

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
City of CranstonMunicipality$1,359,197
City of NewportMunicipality$32,656
City of PawtucketMunicipality$10,246,686
City of ProvidenceMunicipality$118,877,056
City of South KingstownMunicipality$686,584
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$131,202,179