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Louisiana 2019 Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Total Revenue Lost: 
$778,069,324
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State-level programs

Click on the name of a program for more details.

Program Name Program Type Revenue Loss
Competitive Projects Payroll Incentive Program Business expansion $0
Cooperative Endeavor Agreements for Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Districts Economic development $11,727,730
Digital Interactive Media and Software Tax Credit Capital investment $29,132,130
Enterprise Zone Program Economic development (EZ) $24,041,559
Exemption for Manufacturing Establishments (Industry Assistance) Program Industrial development $1,500,000
Louisiana Capital Companies (CAPCO) Tax Credit Program Job creation $19,684
Louisiana Quality Jobs Program Business expansion $141,741,787
Motion Picture Production Tax Credit Film production $180,000,000
Musical and Theatrical Production Income Tax Credit Business expansion $2,300,386
Neighborhood Assistance Program Community development $0
New Market Tax Credit Capital investment $0
New Markets Jobs Act Program Capital investment $0
Ports Investor Tax Credits Port usage $0
Procurement Processing Company Rebate Business attraction/retention $20,213,217
Rehabilitation of Historic Structures Historic preservation $77,349,267
Retention and Modernization Tax Credit Business retention $6,242,541
Sound Recording Investor Tax Credit Capital investment $15,372
Tax Equalization Business retention $13,110,539
TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL $507,394,212

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 Louisiana, the estimated reporting rate is as follows:

Cities/counties: 19 out of 38 CAFRs or financial statements we examined provided information on tax abatement programs in accordance with GASB Statement No.77.

School districts: 44 out of 66 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 LA. You can also get a CSV file of the localities in LA 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
Ascension Parish School Board School district $65,406,419
St. Charles Parish School Board School district $56,290,119
Iberville Parish School Board School district $27,108,465
West Baton Rouge Parish School Board School district $18,041,311
East Baton Rouge Parish School Board School district $14,877,000
St. James Parish School Board School district $14,105,072
St. John the Baptist Parish School Board School district $11,750,711
Calcasieu Parish School Board School district $10,890,000
Rapides Parish School Board School district $8,793,476
Zachary Community School Board School district $5,485,657
Desoto Parish School Board School district $4,951,675
St. Bernard Parish School Board School district $3,602,038
Lafourche Parish School Board School district $2,672,700
Ouachita Parish School Board School district $2,516,592
Lincoln Parish School Board School district $2,447,622
Jefferson Parish School Board School district $2,382,830
Livingston Parish School Board School district $2,017,265
Bogalusa School Board School district $1,969,176
Lafayette Parish School Board School district $1,825,695
West Feliciana Parish School Board School district $1,825,000
Lafayette Municipality $1,681,157
Winn Parish School Board School district $1,191,478
Richland Parish School Board School district $982,760
Webster Parish School Board School district $925,263
Evangeline Parish School Board School district $910,761
Bossier Parish School Board School district $909,922
Red River Parish School Board School district $805,000
Pointe Coupee Parish School Board School district $625,000
Bienville Parish School Board School district $549,258
Iberia Parish School Board School district $536,055
Jackson Parish School Board School district $532,425
Terrebonne Parish School Board School district $373,306
Vermilion Parish School Board School district $357,394
St. Tammany Parish School Board School district $302,407
East Feliciana Parish School Board School district $290,662
St. Landry Parish School Board School district $253,702
Assumption Parish School Board School district $160,000
Allen Parish School Board School district $145,393
East Carroll Parish School Board School district $63,623
Tangipahoa Parish School Board School district $55,036
Baker School Board School district $49,000
Vernon Parish School Board School district $16,687
Orleans Parish School Board School district $0
Cameron Parish School Board School district $0
TABULATED LOCALITY AND DISTRICT TOTAL $270,675,112