Tax Increment Financing (TIF) is a financing tool used by local governments to fund economic development projects. In Florida, TIF is most commonly associated with Community Redevelopment Agencies ...

HAS NOT HEARD BACK. A STATE AUDITOR’S INVESTIGATION RETURNS MORE THAN $650,000 OF EXCESS TAX INCREMENT FINANCING TO SCHOOLS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN NEMAHA COUNTY. CITY OF AUBURN AGREED TO TURN MONEY ...

Tax increment financing has become a popular tool for funding economic development projects in municipalities across the country. Originally designed to help blighted areas attract businesses, tax ...

A report by a St. Paul fiscal watchdog group recently found that the use of tax-increment financing has been “overused and placed an undue burden” on taxpayers ...

A potential new home for Wolf Pack men's basketball, big-name concerts and athletic events is reaching a critical phase in development — the project has to win approval for a funding mechanism and ...

Mention the acronym TIF, and some might think you’re talking about a “tiff” or disagreement. And in truth, some critics do disagree with cities’ use of “tax increment financing,” or TIFs, to get ...

Iowa lawmakers consider limits on economic development tool cities use to spur growth.

Understanding what downtown development authorities do for towns can be complicated, but the effect they have on the budgets of other governments operating within those towns is simple. The result is ...

After three years of study and discussion, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said Friday that he has issued an executive order establishing a city policy on use of tax increment financing. Michael ...

Tax policy usually doesn't get many people excited, but it proved to be a popular, and divisive, topic in Coralville on Wednesday. A standing-room only crowd of more than 200 people attended a ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Opponents of two proposed city charter amendments to require voter approval of tax increment financing (TIF) plans piled up a more than 4-to-1 fund-raising advantage in the run-up to ...

Fort Dodge’s conversation about tax increment financing should begin with a simple question: What would our community look like without it? TIF is an Iowa urban renewal tool that allows communities to ...