Stanley: Tax increment financing use should be watched closely
“Looking for a good show now that your favorite TV program is on summer hiatus? Why not watch the “Is There a Tiff About TIF?” program sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Larimer…
Colorado Court of Appeals: Calculation of Tax Increment Financing for Suspended Portions of Urban Renewal Project Not Addressed by Statute
“In this case involving the financing of an urban renewal plan, plaintiff Northglenn Urban Renewal Authority (NURA) appealed the trial court’s summary judgment in favor of defendants Gil Reyes, in his official capacity as Adams…
Series: Tax increment financing districts
“Tax increment financing uses anticipated property tax increases to spur development. TIF districts freeze property tax revenue going to governments and place the additional revenue generated by property improvements into a special fund to reimburse…
Tax increment financing has winners and losers
“Proponents for tax increment funding, including the Michigan Economic Development Corp., which promotes TIF on the Pure Michigan website, argue it has a place in a community’s economic development toolbox. It allows the community to…
Still as Moonlight: Why Tax Increment Financing Stalled in North Carolina
“This Comment argues that North Carolina’s TIF statute is infrequently used for multiple reasons, including its complexity, the availability of alternative financing forms, the constrictive nature of TIF’s statutory structure, and other ancillary factors such…
Still as Moonlight: Why Tax Increment Financing Stalled in North Carolina
“This Comment argues that North Carolina’s TIF statute is infrequently used for multiple reasons, including its complexity, the availability of alternative financing forms, the constrictive nature of TIF’s statutory structure, and other ancillary factors such…
Explained: Downtown Covington’s Tax Increment Financing District
“It allows a city or county to designate an area for development purposes,” Parsons said of the TIF. “They can then pledge the incremental increase in taxes to develop the area more.” The TIF relates…
Tax Increment Financing
Tax Increment Financing, or TIF, is a value capture funding method used to subsidize redevelopment, infrastructure and urban renewal. TIF diverts proposed future tax gains, in unrealized real estate values and sales taxes, to subsidize…
What is Tax Increment Financing? with Randal O’Toole from CATO Institute
Tax-increment financing (TIF) is an increasingly popular way for cities to promote economic development. TIF works by allowing cities to use the property, sales, and other taxes collected from new developments — taxes that would…
Tax Increment Financing 101
This short video by the North Dakota Policy Council describes what tax increment financing is along with its origins and the problems associated with it. North Dakota Policy Council 31 December 2009.