by Ellen D. Harpel | Jun 9, 2021 | Program Evaluation
Oklahoma has been assessing the state’s business incentive programs on a regular schedule since 2016. State legislators and officials from state agencies, especially the Department of Commerce, have taken the lead to use findings and recommendations from the Incentive...
by Smart Incentives | Dec 13, 2020 | Program Evaluation
Last month the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness (CREC) hosted the Designing and Managing Business Incentive Compliance Efforts workshop. Ellen Harpel, Smart Incentives, and Jane Vancil, IncentiLock, served as course advisors and lead instructors. In this...
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...
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