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COMMENTARY: Incentives Are Often Just Putting Lipstick on a Pig  [ 12/17/2007 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  Most economic development incentives are really just a way to balance out factors that would otherwise make a particular site economically uncompetitive.   Read The Full Article

North Carolina Court of Appeals Decision Upholds Dell Incentives   [ 10/26/2007 ] By: NEWS BRIEFS
  RALEIGH, N.C. (October 26, 2007) — The ruling is a critical acknowledgment of the importance of the state or local jurisdictions to be able to use incentives as a tool to attract new and expanding businesses.   Read The Full Article

The Internet Makes Gathering Site Location Information Easier  [ 12/21/2006 ] By: Ken Krizner, Managing Editor
  Expanding companies can use the Internet to quickly gather relevant information that is critical to a successful site location search.   Read The Full Article

2006 WORK FORCE TRAINING RATINGS: Site Location Experts Rank the Best State Work Force Training Incentive Programs  [ 8/7/2006 ] By: Ken Krizner, Managing Editor  Related Link...
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Companies find that they can become profitable more quickly with a work force that is trained from the outset.   Read The Full Article


Supreme Court Rules on Ohio Economic Development Tax Incentive Case  [ 5/16/2006 ] By: NEWS BRIEF
  High Court sides with the State of Ohio in this case involving incentives to DaimlerChrysler.   Read The Full Article

An Expert Explains Why Timing Is Critical for Incentive Negotiations  [ 5/8/2006 ] By: James Renzas
  Don’t reveal too much information too soon about your project — and always follow through to make sure you collect the full incentive amount.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: Will the Supreme Court Add Clarity or Confusion to the Issue of Incentives?  [ 5/8/2006 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  If the High Court agrees with the argument that state tax incentives are a violation of the U.S. Constitution’s ‘Commerce Clause,’ what about states with low or no taxes?   Read The Full Article

Economic Development Incentives Are A Two-Way Street  [ 10/11/2005 ] By: Rachael Hedgcoth
  Expanding companies may get the financial perks they seek if the project fits what a community wants.   Read The Full Article

Enterprise Zones Meeting the Expansion Needs of an Array of Businesses  [ 10/11/2005 ] By: Michael Keating, Senior Research Editor
  Florida welding company credits increase in work force from locating in an enterprise zone.   Read The Full Article

Foreign Trade Zones Give Companies a Competitive Edge  [ 6/12/2005 ] By: Roy Harryman
  U.S.-based companies that locate within a foreign trade zone are eligible for import and export tax benefits.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: What the Heck Is Economic Development?  [ 4/14/2005 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  Is economic development just another form of corporate welfare, or is it simply a way to help businesses streamline government bureaucracy?   Read The Full Article

New HubZone Changes Help Vermont Businesses  [ 2/15/2005 ] By: News Brief
  MONTPELIER, Vt. (February 15, 2005) — Eligible HUBZone firms can also qualify for higher SBA-guaranteed surety bonds on construction and service contract bids.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: The War Against Incentives Rages On  [ 2/14/2005 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  Financial incentives granted to DaimlerChrysler and Dell for major facility expansions are creating quite a stir among opponents of the incentives issue.   Read The Full Article

2004 LEGISLATIVE QUOTIENT ™: Is Your State Government Helping to Create a Competitive Business Climate?  [ 12/5/2004 ] By: Bill King  Related Link...
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Expansion Management’s 10th annual Legislative Quotient™ compares the business climates created by each of the 50 state legislatures.   Read The Full Article


Incentives Play a Major Role in the Decision of Where to Expand  [ 12/5/2004 ] By: Ken Krizner
  Once the decision is made to expand, a company has to decide whether to stay at its current site or more to another state.   Read The Full Article

Lure of Incentives: The Federal Government’s Role in Incentives  [ 12/5/2004 ] By: Brian Corde
 

A federal court ruling on an Ohio tax incentive could have far-reaching national consequences for attracting business expansions.   Read The Full Article


Understanding Incentives Negotiations  [ 8/15/2004 ] By: Robert L. Price
  Incentives negotiation can be a cost-effective approach to recouping the investment needed to select a site and establish an operation.

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Companies Can Receive Incentives By Locating in an Enterprise Zone  [ 8/15/2004 ] By: Michael Keating
  Philips Semiconductors-Fishkill, a computer chip manufacturer in Dutchess County, N.Y., has enjoyed some significant tax benefits since it began operating in a New York state Empire Zone (one form of an enterprise zone) in June 2000.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: Don’t Underestimate the Value of Work Force Training Programs  [ 8/15/2004 ] By: Bill King
  The true worth of these programs is that they involve an activity -- training -- you are actually likely to spend money on anyway.   Read The Full Article

Lure of Incentives: States Respond to Biotech Industry in Demand  [ 5/1/2004 ] By: Barry Denneler
  The explosion of the biotech industry during the past decade has forced states to begin tailoring packages to attract and retain companies.   Read The Full Article

Fewer Incentives Won't Stop Companies From Growing  [ 10/1/2003 ] By: Dan Perkins
  Economic development officials from across the country met in September to discuss the hot-button issues facing their profession at the International Economic Development Council's annual meeting in Cincinnati.   Read The Full Article

Lure of Incentives: Some States Rethink Incentives  [ 9/1/2003 ] By: Patricia Herrera
  Companies need to review packages to make sure they're still applicable.   Read The Full Article

Right Location Can Bring Bevy of High-Tech Incentives  [ 4/1/2003 ] By: Warren B. Lubliner
  With proper planning, companies can see potentially large tax savings, employee benefits.   Read The Full Article

Mid-Atlantic Tries to Keep Up in High-Tech Recruitment  [ 12/1/2002 ] By: Paul Westbrook
  States in region use research incentives to lure companies.   Read The Full Article

Sports & Business Do Mix  [ 6/1/2002 ] By: Bill King, Editor
  One of the fiercest debates within our cities today is over the importance of sports franchises to the economic development of the metro area.   Read The Full Article

Cash In on High-Tech Incentives  [ 5/1/2002 ] By: Eric Dantzler
  States zero in on research and development credits.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: Who Put The Accountants In Charge?  [ 4/1/2002 ] By: Bill King
  Companies that allow themselves to be distracted by "bookkeeping" games, rather than staying focused on the core business, are usually headed for problems down the road.   Read The Full Article

Your Incentives Ship Just Came In  [ 4/1/2002 ] By: Brian Corde
  During the site selection process, don't overlook benefits for moving goods.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: Who Put the Accountants in Charge?  [ 4/1/2002 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  Companies that allow themselves to be distracted by "bookkeeping" games, rather than staying focused on the core business, are usually headed for problems down the road.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: Is Business Attraction Immoral?  [ 1/1/2002 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  Should financial incentives be illegal, or is that just focusing on the symptoms instead of the desease?   Read The Full Article

States Tweak Incentive Programs for High-Tech Endeavors  [ 1/1/2002 ] By: Patricia Herrera
  It pays to inquire about the latest updates in your state   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: Incentives Aren’t Rocket Science  [ 12/1/2000 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  Even though it sometimes seems to take an army of accountants to identify and weigh the value of economic development incentives, the underlying reason for them is really very simple.   Read The Full Article

Lure of Incentives: Think Tax Incentives Don't Apply to You? Think Again  [ 9/1/2000 ] By: Patricia Herrera
  States are encouraging on-going, steady growth among smaller companies.   Read The Full Article

States Put Their Money Where Their Mouth Is  [ 5/1/2000 ] By: Paul Westbrook
  Programs offer more than lip service to attract high-tech companies.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: Incentives Are an Investment in the Future  [ 12/1/1999 ] 
  If your company is willing to make a financial commitment to a community, as well as create a bunch of good-paying jobs with a future, yours is the type of company most communities would be willing to incentives that will reduce your initial costs of getting your new facility up-and-operating.   Read The Full Article

Pile Your Plate High With Savings at the Incentives Buffet  [ 7/1/1999 ] By: Robert M. Bortnick, CPA
  North Carolina, Louisiana and Texas offer just a few examples of the tax-reducing morsels available to expanding companies across the United States.   Read The Full Article

Incentives, Work Force Spark Electronics  [ 11/1/1998 ] By: Gordon L. Heft
  From the Southern United States to the West Coast, electronics manufacturing is booming.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: Are Incentives Really Just an After Dinner Cigar?  [ 7/8/1998 ] By: Bill King, Editor
  Some look at incentives as simply being an after-the-fact gratuity to a company for doing what it probably would have done anyway.   Read The Full Article