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Texas Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Total Revenue Lost$1,926,333,623

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State-level programs

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YearProgram NameProgram TypeGross Revenue Loss
2022Agricultural and Timber Programs: Farm/Timber Use-Motor VehicleAgricultural development$39,537,000
2022Agricultural and Timber Programs: Timber ProductsAgricultural development$32,240,000
2022Agricultural Machinery and EquipmentAgricultural development$110,600,000
2022Agricultural Products ProgramAgricultural development$391,800,000
2022Certified Rehabilitation Certified Historic Structures CreditHistoric Preservation$35,206,000
2022Research and Development Tax Credit Program (Credits)Research and development$303,708,000
2022Research and Development Tax Credit Program (Exemptions)Research and development$245,300,000
2022Texas Data Center Program ExemptionTechnology (data center)$80,172,000
2022Texas Enterprise Zone (EZ) Programs - HotelJob Creation/Retention$12,434,000
2022Texas Enterprise Zone (EZ) Programs - SalesJob Creation/Retention$9,851,000
TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL$1,260,848,000

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$532,933,138
City of DallasMunicipality$54,410,000
City of Fort WorthMunicipality$37,494,000
City of San AntonioMunicipality$8,292,000
Travis CountyCounty$4,668,290
City of BryanMunicipality$4,327,529
Tarrant CountyCounty$4,017,400
Bexar CountyCounty$2,655,926
City of TempleMunicipality$2,585,365
City of AustinMunicipality$2,555,000
City of BeaumontMunicipality$2,080,000
City of AmarilloMunicipality$1,976,127
City of Wichita FallsMunicipality$1,718,655
City of LongviewMunicipality$1,387,240
City of LaredoMunicipality$1,169,200
City of Corpus ChristiMunicipality$1,151,042
Dallas CountyCounty$859,000
City of LubbockMunicipality$612,317
Harris CountyCounty$530,966
City of VictoriaMunicipality$62,428
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$665,485,623