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Welcome to Tax Break Tracker, where you can look up the public costs of 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, and the five most populous cities, counties, and school districts within each state. Data include the jurisdiction effected, the jurisidiction-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 request data for a jurisdiction not listed, contact Amy Rose at amy@goodjobsfirst.org.












Foregone / Lost RevenuesNumber of records
TOTALS FOR SEARCH:$43,370,7198
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Click on the links below to see more details about a state, jurisdiction, or program..

YearStateJurisdictionProgram NameProgram Type sort icon . Gross Revenue Loss
2018MaineState of MaineEmployment Tax Increment Financing (TIF)Job creation/retention$13,326,078
2018MaineAuburnCredit Enhancement Agreements (TIF)General economic development$1,130,735
2018MaineBangorCredit Enhancement Agreements (TIF)General economic development$3,631,103
2018MaineLewistonCredit Enhancement Agreements (TIF)General economic development$1,748,911
2018MainePortlandCredit Enhancement Agreements (TIF)General economic development$2,727,755
2018MaineSouth PortlandCredit Enhancement Agreements (TIF)General economic development$2,579,570
2018MaineState of MaineNew Market Capital Investment Tax CreditBusiness attraction/retention/expansion$15,443,152
2018MaineState of MainePine Tree Development Zone Tax CreditBusiness attraction/retention/expansion$2,783,415
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