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by Ellen D. Harpel | Apr 26, 2016 | Uncategorized

As a follow-on to last week’s blog post describing 3 steps economic developers should take to prepare for GASB 77 tax abatement disclosures, I want to share a set of recommendations from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) that complement our...

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by Ellen D. Harpel | Apr 19, 2016 | Uncategorized

State and local governments will soon begin disclosing financial information about tax abatements in their annual financial reports. As a reminder, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) last year approved Statement No. 77, Tax Abatement Disclosures, which...

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by Ellen D. Harpel | Apr 8, 2016 | Uncategorized

I am very excited to be working with the Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA) to develop a new online course called Intro Incentives.  The course will be offered June 15-16, 2016. Registration is now open. This course will provide an in-depth look at how...

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