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Texas Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Total Revenue Lost$1,150,708,672

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State-level programs

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YearProgram NameProgram TypeGross Revenue Loss
2017Agricultural and Timber Programs: Agircultural Products Not Covered by Blanket Exemptions(not specified)$91,099,000
2017Agricultural and Timber Programs: Agricultural Machinery and Equipment(not specified)$113,900,000
2017Agricultural and Timber Programs: Farm/Timber Use-Motor VehicleAgricultural development$33,795,000
2017Agricultural and Timber Programs: Timber ProductsAgricultural development$30,849,000
2017Certified Rehabilitation Certified Historic Structures Credit(not specified)$36,596,000
2017Research and Development Tax Credit Program (Credits)(not specified)$170,566,000
2017Research and Development Tax Credit Program (Exemptions)(not specified)$149,100,000
2017Texas Data Center Program Exemption(not specified)$78,379,000
2017Texas Enterprise Zone (EZ) Programs(not specified)$10,393,000
2017Texas Enterprise Zone (EZ) Programs(not specified)$55,139,000
TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL$769,816,000

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 sort icon
City of HoustonMunicipality$135,101,581
Port Arthur Independent School DistrictSchool district$44,452,984
Cit of WacoMunicipality$28,872,935
City of DallasMunicipality$22,246,000
City of Fort WorthMunicipality$20,868,000
City of WacoMunicipality$14,612,133
City of AustinMunicipality$13,300,000
City of IrvingMunicipality$10,715,500
City of Corpus ChristiMunicipality$10,540,880
Travis CountyCounty$9,106,880
City of San AntonioMunicipality$8,926,216
Manor Independent School DistrictSchool district$7,788,012
City of El PasoMunicipality$7,585,137
City of LubbockMunicipality$6,149,585
City of ArlingtonMunicipality$5,375,297
Yoakum Independent School DistrictSchool district$4,600,110
City of PlanoMunicipality$3,954,637
Gregory-Portland Independent School DistrictSchool district$2,783,320
City of TempleMunicipality$2,695,393
City of GarlandMunicipality$2,679,246
Tarrant CountyCounty$2,494,000
Olney Independent School DistrictSchool district$2,305,663
City of CarrolltonMunicipality$2,082,624
Floydada Independent School DistrictSchool district$2,023,433
Bexar CountyCounty$1,944,771
Sheldon Independent School DistrictSchool district$1,842,023
Fort Stockton Independent School DistrictSchool district$1,197,233
Dallas CountyCounty$1,127,000
Woodville Independent School DistrictSchool district$969,810
Seguin Independent School DistrictSchool district$727,228
Comal Independent School DistrictSchool district$567,326
Deer Park Independent School DistrictSchool district$468,982
Katy Independent School DistrictSchool district$245,586
Harris CountyCounty$235,231
Royal Independent School DistrictSchool district$107,857
Alpine Independent School DistrictSchool district$103,100
North East Independent School DistrictSchool district$96,959
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$380,892,672