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Tax Increment Financing Raises Costs, Hides Giveaways to Politically Connected

Mitch Kokai

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / February 01, 2008

A decision by city officials in Kannapolis, North Carolina to borrow $168 million through tax increment financing exposes key problems with that type of ... (read more)

Debt is Debt: Taxpayers on Hook for TIFs Despite Rhetoric

Joseph Coletti

Spotlight / John Locke Foundation / November 19, 2007

Certificates of participation (COPs) have become a more common form of debt because they allow governments to borrow money without getting voter approval. ... (read more)

County Commissioner Gives Illinois Lawmakers an Earful over TIF Abuse

Steve Stanek

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / October 01, 2007

Rarely does a person get a two-hour, closed-door meeting with Illinois' most powerful lawmakers. But Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley (D-Chicago) was ... (read more)

A Tale of Two Cities: Reinventing Tax Increment Financing

Mike Quigley

Report / Cook County Commissioner's Office / April 01, 2007

Tax increment financing (TIF) is a mechanism that allows municipalities to earmark tax revenues from property value growth within a designated area suffering ... (read more)

Tax Increment Finance

compiled by Diane Carol Bast

Research & Commentary / The Heartland Institute / November 01, 2006

Tax increment financing is a popular economic development tool in municipalities across the country. TIFs use the expected growth in property tax revenues ... (read more)

LaSalle Street TIF Proposal Has Chicago Politician Calling for Moratorium

Steve Stanek

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / December 01, 2006

As a member of the Cook County, Illinois board of commissioners, Mike Quigley has watched the City of Chicago create more than 100 tax increment financing ... (read more)

TIF-Backed Mall Kills Nearby Businesses

Eric Montarti and Jake Haulk

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / December 01, 2006

In Pennsylvania's Allegheny County, two businesses have succumbed to the new Pittsburgh Mills development in suburban Pittsburgh, which received a tax increment ... (read more)

Giving Away the Store to get a Store

Daniel McGraw

Reason Magazine / Reason Foundation / January 01, 2006

Chicago Gives Up $1.6 Billion to Get $360 Million

Daniel McGraw

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / March 01, 2006

The definition of blight--as it is used in eminent domain cases--has been expanded to include almost any property in the United States. Consequently, tax ... (read more)

Some Question Use of TIF

Daniel McGraw

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / March 01, 2006

With thousands of cities and nearly all states offering tax increment financing, it has become a staple incentive many businesses now expect. But some analysts ... (read more)