The indefensible thing in the 2012 legislative session would be to make significant commercial property tax changes without fixing abuses of TIF.
Posted tagged ‘tax-increment financing’
Cities have development tools beyond TIF
February 15, 2012Case is compelling to reform TIF
January 19, 2012Another public TIF reform meeting is scheduled Saturday, Jan. 21, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Johnson County Health and Human Services Building, 855 S. Dubuque St. Iowa City.
The need for TIF reform
January 12, 2012Economic development types have become addicted to the idea that they can use TIF to do many things without regard to the impacts on neighbors or even the real purpose of TIF.
TIF public forum draws out facts, and people
January 6, 2012Sen. Joe Bolkcom, D-Iowa City, and Rep. Tom Sands, R-Wapello, hosted the Coralville forum about an issue growing in attention following the release of Peter Fisher’s report for the Iowa Fiscal Partnership.
It’s not theater: ‘The Pirates of River Landing’
October 11, 2011Total up-front project cost: $16 million to $17 million plus infrastructure. The city’s share: at least 75 percent. In the economic development world, that is an astounding fraction. That’s even larger than Iowa’s scandal ridden film tax credit.
No commercial tax relief until we see TIF reform
December 27, 2010We must consider what tax breaks are already in place for commercial property.
