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Texas Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Total Revenue Lost$2,262,865,933

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State-level programs

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YearProgram NameProgram TypeGross Revenue Loss
2019Agricultural and Timber Programs: Agircultural Products Not Covered by Blanket ExemptionsAgricultural development$576,900,000
2019Agricultural and Timber Programs: Agricultural Machinery and EquipmentAgricultural development$122,000,000
2019Agricultural and Timber Programs: Farm/Timber Use-Motor VehicleAgricultural development$43,171,000
2019Agricultural and Timber Programs: Timber ProductsAgricultural development$29,700,000
2019Certified Rehabilitation Certified Historic Structures CreditHistoric Preservation$72,193,000
2019Research and Development Tax Credit Program (Credits)Research and development$210,192,000
2019Research and Development Tax Credit Program (Exemptions)Research and development$158,000,000
2019Texas Data Center Program ExemptionTechnology (data center)$70,926,000
2019Texas Enterprise Zone (EZ) ProgramsGeneral Economic Development (EZ)$58,581,000
TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL$1,341,663,000

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
Spur Independent School DistrictSchool district$515,977
Odem-Edroy Independent School DistrictSchool district$484,459
Claude Independent School DistrictSchool district$474,857
Fort Elliot CIndependent School DistrictSchool district$423,570
Forsan Independent School DistrictSchool district$348,343
San Perlita Independent School DistrictSchool district$298,838
Harris CountyCounty$281,758
Spearman Independent School DistrictSchool district$257,862
Royal Independent School DistrictSchool district$253,736
Lorenzo Independent School DistrictSchool district$228,544
Trent Independent School DistrictSchool district$210,232
Katy Independent School DistrictSchool district$190,548
Bovina Independent School DistrictSchool district$147,045
Odessa Junior College DistrictSchool district$146,389
Christoval Independent School DistrictSchool district$125,975
Blanket Independent School DistrictSchool district$104,000
Graham Independent School DistrictSchool district$93,587
Canadian Independent School DistrictSchool district$60,590
Perrin-Whitt Consolidated Independent School DistrictSchool district$59,463
Lingleville Independent School DistrictSchool district$51,766
Schleicher Independent School DistrictSchool district$43,882
Liberty Independent School DistrictSchool district$2,006
Angleton Independent School DistrictSchool district$0
Baird Independent School DistrictSchool district$0
Blackwell CIndependent School DistrictSchool district$0
Childress Independent School DistrictSchool district$0
Comanche Independent School DistrictSchool district$0
Crowell Independent School DistrictSchool district$0
Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School DistrictSchool district$0
Gruver Independent School DistrictSchool district$0
Harris County Department of EducationSchool district$0
Irion Independent School District CountySchool district$0
Klondike Independent School DistrictSchool district$0
Lazbuddie Independent School DistrictSchool district$0
Muenster Independent School DistrictSchool district$0
Muleshoe Independent School DistrictSchool district$0
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School DistrictSchool district$0
Quanah Independent School DistrictSchool district$0
Rio Grande City CIndependent School DistrictSchool district$0
Robert Lee Independent School DistrictSchool district$0
Zapata County Independent School DistrictSchool district$0
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$921,202,933