by Ellen D. Harpel | Mar 3, 2019 | Incentive programs
Should investments in machinery and equipment continue to be incentivized? Most states offer a variety of economic development incentives designed to reduce the costs associated with machinery and equipment purchases in order to encourage new investment. Federal tax...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Feb 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
State and local governments have begun disclosing information about tax abatement agreements in their Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFRs) to comply with GASB 77.* Good Jobs First is tracking disclosed data on its website via Subsidy Tracker 2, a free and...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Jan 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
The new federal tax law makes some state and local incentives taxable, an important change sure to affect incentive policies across the country. Quarles & Brady LLP lays out what you need to know in this guest article. Thousands of corporations throughout the...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Jan 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
Should a $12 million biotech investment tax credit be evaluated by whether investment has increased across a state’s biotechnology industry or by whether it helps individual companies increase their access to capital? Late last year the Maryland Department of...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Dec 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
One of the concerns with economic development tax credits and other incentives is that their cost will balloon over time, causing fiscal havoc for the issuing government. So what does it mean when these incentives are used less than expected? We’ve noticed the...
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