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Tennessee Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Total Revenue Lost$228,780,337

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State-level programs

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YearProgram NameProgram TypeGross Revenue Loss
2017Community Investment ProgramGeneral Economic Development$10,441,000
2017HQ & Other Qualified Facilities ProgramGeneral Economic Development$4,558,000
2017Industrial Machinery ProgramGeneral Economic Development$45,065,000
2017Job Creation ProgramJob Creation/Retention$85,488,000
TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL$145,552,000

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 Nashville and Davidson CountyCity/County$4,923,900
Hamilton CountyCounty$6,354,254
Knox CountyCounty$4,116,976
Shelby CountyCounty$42,461,936
City of ChattanoogaMunicipality$9,431,047
City of ClarksvilleMunicipality$196,884
City of KnoxvilleMunicipality$4,078,340
City of MemphisMunicipality$11,665,000
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$83,228,337