In the latest Tax Notes Talk episode, Josh Goodman of the Pew Charitable Trusts talks about the organization’s recent report on how states can direct economic development to people and places in need.

Industry type, the core foundation of the four pillars of economic development (location, timing, investment and jobs), is often the first determiner of whether a project could be eligible for ...

When a company considers locating, relocating or expanding operations, naturally, the crux of any evaluation focuses on the near-mid-long term value proposition for the success of the enterprise. This ...

Tax incentives are one of the most controversial tools in the economic development tool kit. Proponents, including economic development officials, business leaders, developers and industry executives, ...

Last week’s tax incentive package that would keep Nissan Motor Co.’s regional headquarters and its 1,300 jobs in the L.A. area was the latest proposal aimed at retaining key businesses and industries.

Perhaps there’s no government policy or program that's as widely reviled, yet universally pursued, as tax incentives. Study after study demonstrates that when states and cities give out tax breaks to ...

A bill advancing in the Senate would redirect some state business recruitment incentives away from the Triangle to help boost economic development in poorer areas of the state. A bill advancing in the ...

This report from the Pew Center on the States shows that policy makers often create tax credits, deductions, and exemptions without reliable cost estimates and annual cost controls. Even in tight ...

Tomorrow morning, I will give a presentation to request, and hopefully secure, incentive funding for a confidential business prospect. The hope is to create up to twenty new, high-paying jobs for our ...

Vietnamese automaker VinFast announced in March 2022 that it would open an electric vehicle assembly plant in North Carolina. The battery manufacturing plant will be built in Chatham County and is ...