LWVIA Tax Increment Financing Study:
A Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Study was approved at the 2015 State Convention. Delegates to the Iowa League of Women Voters State Convention overwhelming approved the following program study: “A Study of Tax Increment Financing in Iowa including its purpose, uses, benefits, and costs to state and local governments.”
This study was recommended by Pat Jensen on behalf of the Johnson County League.
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March 2017, TIF Survey from LWVIA Board
March, 2017, TIF Study Committee Concurrence Statement
March, 2017, TIF Resource Update:
To Local Leagues: Notice of Intent to Propose Concurrence at Convention
TIF Study Lesson Plan - Timeline
Update: February, 2017, Resources for local leagues and league members from the TIF Study Committee:
Iowa Department of Revenue; Iowa Tax Increment Financing Tax Credits Program Evaluation
Legislative Service Agency Legislative Guide; Urban Renewal and Tax Increment Financing
LSA FY2015 Annual Urban Renewal Report Tax Increment Financing (TIF)
Robert E. Josten, What is Tax Increment Financing?
David Swenson, Tax Increment Financing in Iowa: Background, Research, and Recommendations
Sierra Club, Iowa Chapter, A Primer on Tax Increment Financing (TIF)
LSA Fiscal Update: School Aid Funding - Impact of Tax Increment Financing
LSA Overview of School Finance in Iowa (power point)
LSA Tax Increment Finance: Important Statistics Fact Sheet
Dave Swenson, Understanding Iowa's Economic Situation (power point)
Video: Dave Swenson's LWV Lecture, "Iowa's Economy and the Economics of TIF" (49 minutes)
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Click on the readings/websites below to access other TIF documents:
Iowa Department of Management on Tax Increment Financing
Iowa Fiscal Partnership's website page on TIF Reports
