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Ohio 2019 Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Total Revenue Lost: 
$474,295,578
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State-level programs

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Program Name Program Type Revenue Loss
Historic Preservation Tax Credit Historic preservation $33,797,000
Job Creation Credit (including Computer Data Center Tax Abatement) Job creation $177,378,000
Job Retention Credit Job retention $56,039,000
Motion Picture Tax Credit Film production $14,050,000
New Markets Tax Credit Capital investment $6,744,000
TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL $288,008,000

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 Ohio, the estimated reporting rate is as follows:

Cities/counties: 78 out of 123 CAFRs or financial statements we examined provided information on tax abatement programs in accordance with GASB Statement No.77.

School districts: 252 out of 580 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 OH. You can also get a CSV file of the localities in OH 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
Cleveland Municipal School District School district $34,685,527
Columbus Municipality $18,570,000
Cincinnati Municipality $9,578,000
Groveport Madison Local School District School district $9,328,580
Cincinnati Public School District School district $9,000,000
South-Western City School District School district $6,965,951
Columbus City School District School district $5,773,670
New Albany-Plain Local School District School district $4,734,089
Olentangy Local School District School district $4,040,055
Troy City School District School district $3,422,436
Toledo City School District School district $3,315,575
Westerville City School District School district $3,208,415
Monroe Local School District School district $2,984,392
Licking Heights Local School District School district $2,630,623
Southwest Licking Local School District School district $2,408,944
Solon City School District School district $2,055,455
Westlake City School District School district $2,045,647
Rossford Exempted Village School District School district $2,038,073
Washington Local School District School district $1,886,899
Grandview Heights School District School district $1,832,740
Princeton City School District School district $1,737,580
Hamilton Local School District School district $1,680,422
Mariemont City School District School district $1,471,336
Lakewood City School District School district $1,370,299
Dayton City School District School district $1,290,481
Shaker Heights City School District School district $1,210,353
Hilliard City School District School district $1,131,672
North Central Local School District School district $1,106,827
Tri-County North Local School District School district $1,093,040
Winton Woods City School District School district $1,078,802
Avon Local School District School district $1,060,393
Lakota Local School District (Butler) School district $1,036,497
Aurora City School District School district $1,011,134
Euclid City School District School district $993,982
Youngstown City School District School district $982,766
Norwood City School District School district $918,647
Gahanna-Jefferson City School District School district $849,279
Mason City School District School district $822,562
Orange City School District School district $748,716
Leipsic Local School District School district $724,384
Findlay City School District School district $691,091
Brookville Local School District School district $679,740
Teays Valley Local School District School district $664,945
Bedford City School District School district $659,102
Strongsville City School District School district $646,180
Fairfield City School District School district $631,344
Mansfield City School District School district $626,008
Woodridge Local School District School district $619,202
Sandusky City School District School district $606,360
Canal Winchester Local School District School district $582,813
Huron City School District School district $557,320
Northwest Local School District (Hamilton) School district $548,114
Fairview Park City School District School district $543,363
Vandalia-Butler City School District School district $535,372
Cuyahoga Falls City School District School district $524,607
Kettering City School District School district $513,563
Madison Local School District (Richland) School district $506,258
Stow-Munroe Falls City School District School district $500,000
Shelby City School District School district $491,643
Bowling Green City School District School district $482,643
Batavia Local School District School district $474,346
Kent City School District School district $468,701
Piqua City School District School district $465,756
Lincolnview Local School District School district $454,106
Twinsburg City School District School district $446,085
Mayfield City School District School district $444,012
Heath City School District School district $443,142
West Clermont Local School District School district $424,469
Marysville Exempted Village School District School district $404,871
Wooster City School District School district $389,116
Clyde-Green Springs Exempted Village School District School district $388,851
Coshocton City School District School district $386,741
Ashland City School District School district $386,460
Oregon City School District School district $385,538
Medina City School District School district $380,847
Franklin City School District School district $360,438
Austintown Local School District School district $354,700
Milford Exempted Village School District School district $353,343
Hudson City School District School district $351,165
Warrensville Heights City School District School district $342,642
Zane Trace Local School District School district $298,648
Lancaster City School District School district $296,446
Celina City School District School district $292,483
Madeira City School District School district $286,353
Tallmadge City School District School district $278,642
Canton Local School District School district $275,686
Tiffin City School District School district $263,289
Perrysburg Exempted Village School District School district $262,260
Lebanon City School District School district $262,214
Newark City School District School district $260,918
St Marys City School District School district $253,503
Elgin Local School District School district $252,957
Avon Lake City School District School district $250,000
Middletown City School District School district $249,134
Akron City School District School district $248,211
Sycamore Community City School District School district $232,118
Elyria City School District School district $219,318
Bryan City School District School district $218,378
Lakewood Local School District School district $214,534
Bath Local School District School district $213,522
Pike-Delta-York Local School District School district $211,762
TABULATED LOCALITY AND DISTRICT TOTAL $186,287,578