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Destiny USA Reaches the Green Bonds Finish Line

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Here's a quick summary of the Destiny USA story : In 2007, the developer of a large-scale mall project received $228 million from a federal Green Bonds program in exchange for installing green building and renewable energy technologies. In other words, income received on the bonds will continue to be exempt from federal income taxes.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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4 in Best Business Climate, Texas—all have been perennial contenders for BF’s top honor, the State of the Year Award: Texas and Tennessee each have won the award three times since it was created in 2007; Virginia was the 2018 SOTY; Alabama won BF’s top award in 2017. “An

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Rhode Island Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Deregulation of Commercial Lines: This law exempts qualified commercial insurance lines from specific state review requirements, including filing policy forms, casualty insurance rating requirements, and certificate of compliance requirements. These credits may be taken against the gross premiums tax. Tax Incentives.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Income Tax Capital Credit: The Income Tax Capital Credit has been available since 1995. The enterprise zone credit is equal to $2500 per permanent new employee and can be applied against the income tax and/or business privilege tax liability. The tax for existing entities accrues as of Jan. The rates range from $.25

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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INCOME TAX CAPITAL CREDIT: Currently codified as Article 7, Chapter 18, Title 40, Code of Alabama 1975. It is a credit of five percent of the capital costs of a qualifying project, to be applied to the Alabama income tax liability or financial institution excise tax generated by the project income, each year for 20 years.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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percent, the lowest since 2007, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. ACHIEVEMENT IN SITE CERTIFICATION. We have two winners for this year’s award for Achievement in Site Certification: Indiana Economic Development Corp. To date, the program has certified 114 sites total including two gold and seven silver sites.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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In 2007, the statewide economic impact from film was estimated at $242 million; by 2013 this had grown to $3.5 The KOZ incentive program provides tax abatements for county and township property taxes, corporate net income taxes, and school taxes for a period of 10 years. After learning in the summer of 2012 that U.K.-based

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