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Tennessee Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Business Inventory: Finished goods inventory in excess $30 million may be excluded from the franchise tax base when held by manufacturers or warehouses and distribution facilities. Railroad rolling stock and barges used in interstate commerce or outside the state are also exempt. TAX INCENTIVES.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Two Train Cars Forward, Three Cargo Ships Back

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Logistics incorporates the complexity of integrating information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material handling and packaging. business logistics costs include three main categories: Inventory Carrying, Transportation and Administration. The Railroad sector was the big winner with a 15.3 trillion in 2011, a 6.6

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Location Focus: Illinois – Trying to Make Headway in Every Way

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When completed, the Arlington Downs mixed-use development will bring over 650 luxury residences, a new hotel, a water park and over 100,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space to Arlington Heights. Eligible expenses range from the purchase of new equipment to technology upgrades to improvements of existing facilities.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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Slow economic growth has kept the percentage low, but the supply chain sector has made great strides in productivity, asset utilization and inventory management in the past three years.” In comparison, railroads are in a much better position regarding infrastructure, equipment and personnel. Spending in the U.S.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Industrial Revenue Bonds: May be used as long-term financing of up to 100% of a project for: Acquisition of land, buildings, site preparation and improvements; Construction of buildings; Acquisition and installation of furnishings, fixtures and equipment; Capitalizable soft costs (e.g., Inventory is exempt from property tax.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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INDUSTRIAL REVENUE BONDS: May be used as long-term financing of up to 100 percent of a project for: Acquisition of land, buildings, site preparation and improvements; Construction of buildings; Acquisition and installation of furnishings, fixtures and equipment; Capitalizable soft costs (e.g., The program ends December 2016.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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percent in 2011 with top exporting industries that included petroleum and coal products, chemicals, computer and electronic products, non-electrical machinery and transportation equipment. Rick Perry cuts the ribbon at the grand opening of the equipment giant's new hydraulic excavator manufacturing plant in Victoria, TX.

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