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Georgia 2019 Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Total Revenue Lost: 
$134,819,779
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State-level programs

Click on the name of a program for more details.

Program Name Program Type Revenue Loss
Competitive Project of Regional Significance Business expansion not reported
Mega Project Tax Credit Job creation not reported
Tourism Development Act Tourism development not reported
TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL $0

Tabulated localities and districts

Click on the name of jurisdiction for a list of tax abatement programs that reduced its tax revenue.

We estimated the reporting rate among local governments for each state using 2018 and 2019 data. This is to gauge how much data is available in that state.

For Georgia, the estimated reporting rate is as follows:

Cities/counties: 47 out of 89 CAFRs or financial statements we examined provided information on tax abatement programs in accordance with GASB Statement No.77.

School districts: 71 out of 166 CAFRs or financial statements we examined provided information on tax abatement programs in accordance with GASB Statement No.77.

Concerned about the lack of disclosure? Check out the roadmap on GASB 77 compliance we created for GA. You can also get a CSV file of the localities in GA that did not make any tax abatement disclosures in their annual financial reports.

Local government / school district financial audits are posted here.

Reporting Jurisdiction Jurisdiction Type Gross Revenue Losssort icon
Atlanta Independent Schools School district $21,258,769
Muscogee County Board of Education School district $9,126,767
Columbus Municipality $9,118,106
Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education School district $8,353,019
Macon-Bibb Municipality $6,670,254
Atlanta Municipality $6,600,098
Bibb County Board of Education School district $6,193,098
Fulton County Board of Education School district $6,184,622
Douglas County Board of Education School district $5,721,617
Taylor County Board of Education School district $4,573,793
Bartow County Board of Education School district $4,269,188
Dalton Board of Education School district $4,140,799
DeKalb County Board of Education School district $3,920,187
Effingham County Board of Education School district $3,519,430
Cobb County Board of Education School district $2,362,087
Coweta County Board of Education School district $2,257,189
Whitfield County Board of Education School district $2,128,617
Jackson County Board of Education School district $1,967,986
Dougherty County Board of Education School district $1,778,810
Liberty County Board of Education School district $1,744,834
Cherokee County Board of Education School district $1,735,733
Appling County Board of Education School district $1,718,411
Jefferson County Board of Education School district $1,564,144
Murray County Board of Education School district $1,305,550
Richmond County Board of Education School district $1,208,428
Fayette County Board of Education School district $1,152,000
Walker County Board of Education School district $1,147,891
Bryan County Board of Education School district $1,113,360
Hall County Board of Education School district $1,076,827
Floyd County Board of Education School district $991,370
Coffee County Board of Education School district $861,511
Clarke County Board of Education School district $856,427
Gainesville Board of Education School district $750,958
Hart County Board of Education School district $727,949
Houston County Board of Education School district $704,610
Polk County School District School district $611,059
Catoosa County Board of Education School district $588,082
Lowndes County Board of Education School district $527,641
Oconee County Board of Education School district $516,493
Rockdale County Board of Education School district $503,033
Gordon County Board of Education School district $379,134
Pulaski County Board of Education School district $302,067
Barrow County Board of Education School district $299,815
Banks County Board of Education School district $261,198
Stephens County Board of Education School district $252,528
Dade County Board of Education School district $195,475
Washington County Board of Education School district $180,643
Bulloch County Board of Education School district $178,372
Paulding County Board of Education School district $143,921
Lumpkin County Board of Education School district $139,813
Jefferson City Board of Education School district $110,255
Bacon County Board of Education School district $106,199
Monroe County Board of Education School district $101,522
Marietta Board of Education School district $97,227
Thomaston-Upson County Board of Education School district $58,073
Vidalia Board of Education School district $55,518
Warren County Board of Education School district $53,625
Colquitt County Board of Education School district $49,217
Valdosta Board of Education School district $44,533
Jasper County Board of Education School district $41,706
Decatur County Board of Education School district $38,627
Baldwin County Board of Education School district $38,566
Thomas County Board of Education School district $35,254
Tattnall County Board of Education School district $25,871
Newton County Board of Education School district $21,493
Calhoun Board of Education School district $16,463
Crisp County Board of Education School district $12,898
Heard County Board of Education School district $9,518
Chattooga County Board of Education School district $9,175
Elbert County Board of Education School district $7,266
Quitman County Board of Education School district $3,060
Henry County Board of Education School district $0
Mitchell County Board of Education School district $0
Peach County Board of Education School district $0
TABULATED LOCALITY AND DISTRICT TOTAL $134,819,779