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Tennessee Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Total Revenue Lost$327,062,577

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State-level programs

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YearProgram NameProgram TypeGross Revenue Loss
2020Community Investment ProgramAffordable Housing$46,577,000
2020Development Opportunity ProgramBrownfield rehabilitation$3,200,000
2020Job Creation ProgramJob Creation/Retention$115,636,000
2020Manufacturing and Industrial Machinery ProgramManufacturing development$58,727,000
TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL$224,140,000

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$9,743,729
Hamilton CountyCounty$10,997,663
Knox CountyCounty$6,857,479
Shelby CountyCounty$37,202,422
City of ChattanoogaMunicipality$14,758,562
City of ClarksvilleMunicipality$179,763
City of KnoxvilleMunicipality$6,273,959
City of MemphisMunicipality$16,909,000
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$102,922,577