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Tennessee Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Total Revenue Lost$237,779,367

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State-level programs

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YearProgram NameProgram TypeGross Revenue Loss
2018Community Investment ProgramAffordable Housing$20,848,000
2018Headquarters and Other Qualified Facilities ProgramBusiness attraction/retention/expansion$2,850,000
2018Industrial Machinery ProgramManufacturing development$41,342,000
2018Job Creation ProgramJob Creation/Retention$71,051,000
TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL$136,091,000

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$6,605,724
Hamilton CountyCounty$11,434,312
Knox CountyCounty$5,586,103
Shelby CountyCounty$42,134,289
City of ChattanoogaMunicipality$14,041,711
City of ClarksvilleMunicipality$174,833
City of KnoxvilleMunicipality$4,968,395
City of MemphisMunicipality$16,743,000
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$101,688,367