by Ellen D. Harpel | Sep 13, 2020 | Program Evaluation
Many state economic development organizations (EDOs) have adjusted incentive agreements and programs to help businesses during the COVID-19 downturn. EDOs will eventually be asked to explain why adjustments were made and what they accomplished. To help...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Jul 22, 2020 | Program Evaluation
In June, the South Carolina General Assembly Legislative Audit Council released its Review of Incentive Programs Administered by the S.C. Department of Commerce. News reports suggested the audit was requested by legislators frustrated by the incentive deal offered to...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Feb 24, 2020 | Program Evaluation
Pennsylvania’s Independent Fiscal Office has suggested making the Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ) tax credit refundable, which would eliminate the portion of the tax credit going to tax brokers and increase the funding available to target businesses. Other proposed...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Jan 15, 2020 | Program Evaluation
You may have seen these articles last week: Economists question the benefits of targeted tax breaks (WSJ)Tax incentives fail to spur broad economic growth, study finds (Route Fifty)State, local tax breaks for businesses usually don’t boost the economy, study...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Dec 11, 2019 | Program Evaluation
In 2013, Washington state offered Boeing and the aerospace industry a high-profile incentive package valued over time at $8.7 billion. Earlier this year the state’s Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee (JLARC) completed a study of the aerospace tax...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Aug 19, 2019 | Program Evaluation
Last November the District of Columbia’s Office of Revenue Analysis (ORA) released its “Review of Economic Development Tax Expenditures,” including an assessment of the city’s incentives for Qualified High Technology Companies (QHTC). By May, the DC Council had...
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