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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Given that there are two initiatives addressing tax increment financing (TIF) on the ballot next week, I have been asked, and responded to, a number of questions about the Downtown Development ...