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Texas Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Total Revenue Lost$1,654,124,348

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State-level programs

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YearProgram NameProgram TypeGross Revenue Loss
2018Agricultural and Timber Programs: Agircultural Products Not Covered by Blanket ExemptionsAgricultural development$553,500,000
2018Agricultural and Timber Programs: Agricultural Machinery and EquipmentAgricultural development$117,000,000
2018Agricultural and Timber Programs: Farm/Timber Use-Motor VehicleAgricultural development$33,795,000
2018Agricultural and Timber Programs: Timber ProductsAgricultural development$31,600,000
2018Certified Rehabilitation Certified Historic Structures CreditHistoric Preservation$95,263,000
2018Research and Development Tax Credit Program (Credits)Research and development$203,374,000
2018Research and Development Tax Credit Program (Exemptions)Research and development$152,100,000
2018Texas Data Center Program ExemptionTechnology (data center)$83,683,000
2018Texas Enterprise Zone (EZ) ProgramsGeneral Economic Development (EZ)$50,861,000
TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL$1,321,176,000

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$140,814,427
Port Arthur Independent School DistrictSchool district$44,452,984
City of DallasMunicipality$41,307,000
City of PlanoMunicipality$18,050,125
City of Fort WorthMunicipality$17,741,381
City of AustinMunicipality$10,200,000
City of IrvingMunicipality$9,908,429
City of El PasoMunicipality$9,365,075
Travis CountyCounty$7,926,988
City of San AntonioMunicipality$7,830,000
Hidalgo CountyCounty$5,439,131
City of ArlingtonMunicipality$4,197,874
Montgomery CountyCounty$2,276,553
Tarrant CountyCounty$2,214,000
Bexar CountyCounty$2,054,563
El Paso CountyCounty$1,849,126
City of GarlandMunicipality$1,816,761
Fort Bend CountyCounty$1,572,974
City of Corpus ChristiMunicipality$1,441,535
Collin CountyCounty$1,194,618
Dallas CountyCounty$930,000
Katy Independent School DistrictSchool district$186,283
Harris CountyCounty$178,521
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$332,948,348