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Washington Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Total Revenue Lost$387,238,007

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State-level programs

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YearProgram NameProgram Type sort iconGross Revenue Loss
2017High-Technology Sales and Use Tax DeferralGeneral Economic Development$60,424,000
2017Data Ctr Server ExemptionGeneral Economic Development$17,963,000
2017High Unemployment County Sales/Use DeferGeneral Economic Development$14,582,000
2017Aerospace - Reduced B&O TaxJob Creation/Retention$118,045,000
2017Aerospace - Credit for Preproduct ResearchJob Creation/Retention$85,460,000
2017Aerospace - Credit for Property & Leasehold TaxJob Creation/Retention$33,654,000
2017Aerospace - Sales/Use Exemption on Tech PurchasJob Creation/Retention$3,232,000
TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL$333,360,000

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
King CountyCounty$15,279,000
Pierce CountyCounty$686,184
Snohomish CountyCounty$458,183
City of BellevueMunicipality$1,415,000
City of EverettMunicipality$347,898
City of SeattleMunicipality$23,362,000
City of SpokaneMunicipality$3,136,147
City of TacomaMunicipality$1,297,000
City of VancouverMunicipality$166,000
Arlington School DistrictSchool district$94,598
Bellingham School DistrictSchool district$941,831
Blaine School DistrictSchool district$34,325
Clover Park School DistrictSchool district$429,613
Edmonds School DistrictSchool district$167,944
Everett School DistrictSchool district$482,014
Lakewood School DistrictSchool district$17,925
Lynden School DistrictSchool district$128,797
Marysville School DistrictSchool district$2,053,144
Mukilteo School DistrictSchool district$33
Port Angeles School DistrictSchool district$32,356
Spokane School DistrictSchool district$1,067,885
Tacoma School DistrictSchool district$2,223,081
University Place School DistrictSchool district$57,049
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$53,878,007