Estimating the Economic Impacts of Tax Increment Financing Districts [October 2024]
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Tax Increment Financing (TIF) districts are a type of economic development tool in which cities use a property tax increment to help finance development projects. A property tax increment is the amount of property tax generated above a base level, which is established when the city creates the district. We contacted the 10 largest cities in Kansas to generate a list of past and present TIF districts. From this list, we selected 6 districts to evaluate their economic costs and benefits. We sel...
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