Tax Break Tracker

Discover What Localities Lose to Corporate Tax Abatements.

Good Jobs First played a key role in the adoption of the accounting rule known as GASB Statement No. 77 on Tax Abatement Disclosures (“GASB 77”). Beginning in FY 2017, GASB 77 has required most state and local governments (including school districts) to include a note in their annual financial statements on revenues lost to economic development tax abatement programs. This database collects and organizes those records.

This database contains disclosures from each of the 50 states plus DC, the five most populous cities, counties, and school districts within each state, and select other jurisdictions. Data include the jurisdiction effected, the jurisdiction-awarding abatement, its legal authority to do so, name of the abatement program, type of abatement program, and amount of taxes abated for that fiscal year.

Select below the year(s), state(s), and jurisdiction type(s) to get started. Click on the links in the table to see more information. For questions or to help track down data for a jurisdiction not listed, contact Amy Rose at [email protected].

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	Foregone / Lost Revenues	Number of records
TOTALS FOR SEARCH:	$88,894,252,018	12,987

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Year	State .	Jurisdiction	Program Name	Program Type	Gross Revenue Loss
2017	Virginia	State of Virginia	Motion Picture Tax Credit	Job Creation/Retention	$6,600,000
2017	Virginia	State of Virginia	Virginia Enterprise Zones	General Economic Development	$164,823
2017	Virginia	State of Virginia	Tax Revenue from Tourism Projects	General Economic Development	$100,550
2018	Virginia	State of Virginia	Retail Sales and Use Tax Data Center Exemptions	Technology (data center)	$79,200,000
2018	Virginia	State of Virginia	Motion Picture Production Tax Credit	Film, TV, and/or media	$6,100,000
2019	Virginia	State of Virginia	Retail Sales and Use Tax Data Center Exemptions	Technology (data center)	$92,200,000
2020	Virginia	State of Virginia	Retail Sales and Use Tax Data Center	Technology (data center)	$110,500,000
2020	Virginia	State of Virginia	Motion Picture Production Tax Credit	Film, TV, and/or media	$7,200,000
2021	Virginia	State of Virginia	Motion Picture Production Tax Credit	Film, TV, and/or media	$5,800,000
2021	Virginia	State of Virginia	Retail Sales and Use Tax Data Center	Technology (data center)	$124,500,000
2017	Virginia	Washington County	Rehabilitated Structures	General Economic Development	$70,059
2017	Virginia	York County	Tax Increment to Community Development Agency	General Economic Development	$233,547
2017	Washington	Arlington School District	Native American Govt Svcs	Indigenous protection	$94,598
2018	Washington	Arlington School District	Native American Tax Abatement Program	Indigenous protection	$98,867
2018	Washington	Arlington School District	Churches Non-profit Recognized Religious Denominations Tax Abatement Program	Community development	$45,044
2018	Washington	Arlington School District	Tribal Lands for Government Services Tax Abatement Program	Indigenous protection	$5,253
2019	Washington	Arlington School District	Native American Property Tax Exemption	General Economic Development	$85,812
2019	Washington	Arlington School District	Churches Nonprofit Recognized Religious Denominations	Charity/nonprofit/government assistance	$48,247
2019	Washington	Arlington School District	Tribal Lands for Government Services Tax Exemption	General Economic Development	$3,531
2019	Washington	Auburn School District	Current Use	Agricultural development	$164,629
2019	Washington	Auburn School District	Home Improvement	Construction/rehabilitation	$2,218
2017	Washington	Bellingham School District	Future religious institution development	Charity/nonprofit/government assistance	$411,644
2017	Washington	Bellingham School District	Future low-income housing development	Housing	$264,083
2017	Washington	Bellingham School District	Multi-Unit Housing exemption	Housing	$252,776
2017	Washington	Bellingham School District	Future arts and museum development	Educational development	$13,328
2019	Washington	Bellingham School District	Future nonprofit churches, parsonages, and convents	Charity/nonprofit/government assistance	$383,288
2019	Washington	Bellingham School District	Future nonprofit low-incoming housing	Construction/rehabilitation	$325,594
2019	Washington	Bellingham School District	Future nonprofit art collections, museums and future performing arts property	Conservation of farmland, forest, open space, or water	$10,391
2017	Washington	Blaine School District	Future religious institution development	Charity/nonprofit/government assistance	$23,858
2017	Washington	Blaine School District	Future low-income housing development	Housing	$5,305
2017	Washington	Blaine School District	Social service Institutions	Charity/nonprofit/government assistance	$4,224
2017	Washington	Blaine School District	Water distribution property	Conservation of farmland, forest, open space, or water	$938
2018	Washington	Blaine School District	Future Nonprofit Churches, Parsonages, and Convents Tax Abatement Program	(not specified)	$19,715
2018	Washington	Blaine School District	Future Nonprofit Low-Income Housing Tax Abatement Program	(not specified)	$4,351
2018	Washington	Blaine School District	Property Used For Character Building, Benevolent, Protective or Rehabilitative Social Services, Camp Facilities, Veteran or Relief Organization Owned Property, Property of Nonprofit Organizations that Issue Debt for Student Loans or that are Guarantee Agencies Tax Abatement Program	(not specified)	$3,268
2018	Washington	Blaine School District	Water Distribution Property, Improvements to Benefit Fish and Wildlife, Conservation of Ecological Systems, Natural Resources, or Open Space	(not specified)	$23
2019	Washington	Blaine School District	Future nonprofit churches, parsonages, and convents	Charity/nonprofit/government assistance	$10,784
2019	Washington	Blaine School District	Future nonprofit low-incoming housing	Construction/rehabilitation	$2,980
2019	Washington	Blaine School District	Property used for character building, benevolent, protective or rehabilitative social services, camp facilities, veteran or relief organization owned property, property of nonprofit organizations that issue debt for student loans or that are guarantee agencies	Conservation of farmland, forest, open space, or water	$2,355
2019	Washington	Blaine School District	Water distribution property, improvements to benefit fish and wildlife, conservation of ecological systems, natural resources, or open space	Conservation of farmland, forest, open space, or water	$28
2018	Washington	City of Bellevue	High-Technology Sales and Use Tax Deferral	General Economic Development	$1,200,000
2019	Washington	City of Bellevue	High-Technology Sales and Use Tax Deferral	General Economic Development	$743,000
2019	Washington	City of Bellevue	Multifamily Tax Exemption	Affordable Housing	$54,000
2019	Washington	City of Bellevue	Current Use	Conservation of farmland, forest, open space, or water	$20,000
2019	Washington	City of Bellevue	Single-family Dwelling Improvement	Housing	$8,000
2020	Washington	City of Bellevue	High-Technology Sales and Use Tax Deferral	General Economic Development	$565,000
2020	Washington	City of Bellevue	Multifamily Tax Exemption	Affordable Housing	$49,000
2020	Washington	City of Bellevue	Current Use	Conservation of farmland, forest, open space, or water	$29,000
2020	Washington	City of Bellevue	Single-family Dwelling Improvement	Housing	$7,000
2021	Washington	City of Bellevue	High-Technology Sales and Use Tax Deferral	General Economic Development	$542,000
2021	Washington	City of Bellevue	Multifamily Tax Exemption	Affordable Housing	$110,000
2021	Washington	City of Bellevue	Current Use	Conservation of farmland, forest, open space, or water	$27,000
2021	Washington	City of Bellevue	Single-family Dwelling Improvement	Housing	$4,000
2016	Washington	City of Bellingham	Multifamily Housing Program	Housing	$67,000
2016	Washington	City of Bellingham	Historic Property Prgram	Historic Preservation	$23,000
2016	Washington	City of Everett	New Jobs Tax Credit	Job Creation/Retention	$101,383
2016	Washington	City of Everett	Multi-Family Housing Prop Tax Exempt	Housing	$78,514
2017	Washington	City of Everett	New Jobs Tax Credit	Job Creation/Retention	$237,335
2017	Washington	City of Everett	Miultifamily Property Tax Exemption	Housing	$110,563
2016	Washington	City of Seattle	Historic Properties Incentives	Historic Preservation	$2,599,000
2016	Washington	City of Seattle	Single-family Dwelling Improvement	Housing	$711,000
2016	Washington	City of Seattle	Multifamily Property Tax Exemption	Housing	$442,000
2016	Washington	City of Seattle	Current Use	Housing	$129,000
2017	Washington	City of Seattle	High Technologuy	General Economic Development	$19,415,000
2017	Washington	City of Seattle	Historic Properties Incentives	Historic Preservation	$3,046,000
2017	Washington	City of Seattle	Single-family dwelling improvement	General Economic Development	$753,000
2017	Washington	City of Seattle	Current Use	General Economic Development	$145,000
2017	Washington	City of Seattle	Multifamily Property Tax Exemption	Housing	$3,000
2018	Washington	City of Seattle	High Technology	Job Creation/Retention	$21,501,000
2018	Washington	City of Seattle	Historic Properties Incentives	Historic Preservation	$696,000
2018	Washington	City of Seattle	Single-family Dwelling Improvement	Housing	$156,000
2018	Washington	City of Seattle	Current Use	Conservation of farmland, forest, open space, or water	$50,000
2019	Washington	City of Seattle	High Technology	Job Creation/Retention	$16,767,000
2019	Washington	City of Seattle	Historic Properties Incentives	Historic Preservation	$1,034,000
2019	Washington	City of Seattle	Data Center Server Equipment and Power Infrastructure	Technology	$233,000
2019	Washington	City of Seattle	Single-family Dwelling Improvement	Housing	$117,000
2019	Washington	City of Seattle	Current Use	Conservation of farmland, forest, open space, or water	$46,000
2019	Washington	City of Seattle	Multifamily Property Tax Exemption (MFTE)	Affordable Housing	$11,000
2020	Washington	City of Seattle	High Technology	Job Creation/Retention	$10,507,000
2020	Washington	City of Seattle	Historic Properties Incentives	Historic Preservation	$1,293,000
2020	Washington	City of Seattle	Data Center Server Equipment and Power Infrastructure	Technology	$453,000
2020	Washington	City of Seattle	Multifamily Property Tax Exemption (MFTE)	Affordable Housing	$132,000
2020	Washington	City of Seattle	Single-family Dwelling Improvement	Housing	$80,000
2020	Washington	City of Seattle	Current Use	Conservation of farmland, forest, open space, or water	$45,000
2021	Washington	City of Seattle	High Technology	Job Creation/Retention	$13,166,000
2021	Washington	City of Seattle	Historic Properties Incentives	Historic Preservation	$1,236,000
2021	Washington	City of Seattle	Data Center Server Equipment and Power Infrastructure	Technology	$80,000
2021	Washington	City of Seattle	Single-family Dwelling Improvement	Housing	$62,000
2021	Washington	City of Seattle	Current Use	Conservation of farmland, forest, open space, or water	$42,000
2021	Washington	City of Seattle	Multifamily Property Tax Exemption (MFTE)	Affordable Housing	$17,000
2017	Washington	City of Spokane	Multiple-Family Housing Property Tax Exemption Program	Affordable Housing	$2,467,862
2017	Washington	City of Spokane	Multi-unit Urban Housing	Affordable Housing	$662,782
2017	Washington	City of Spokane	Future nonprofit low-income housing	Affordable Housing	$4,620
2017	Washington	City of Spokane	Churches, parsonages, and convents	Funeral Related Services	$883
2018	Washington	City of Spokane	Multiple-Family Housing Property Tax Exemption Program	Affordable Housing	$2,302,073
2018	Washington	City of Spokane	Multi-unit Urban Housing	Affordable Housing	$264,274
2018	Washington	City of Spokane	High Unemployment County Sales & Use Tax Deferral for Manufacturing Facilities	Manufacturing development	$126,095
2019	Washington	City of Spokane	Multiple-Family Housing Property Tax Exemption Program	Affordable Housing	$2,458,530
2019	Washington	City of Spokane	Multi-unit Urban Housing	Affordable Housing	$387,957
2019	Washington	City of Spokane	High Unemployment County Sales & Use Tax Deferral for Manufacturing Facilities	Manufacturing development	$68,980
2020	Washington	City of Spokane	Multiple-Family Housing Property Tax Exemption Program	Affordable Housing	$2,658,350