August 2015 Posts
Aug
14
2015
GASB Launches a New Era of Subsidy Transparency
For decades, state and local governments have issued Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFRs) that failed to include an important part of their fiscal condition: the extent to which they have forgone revenue by giving economic development tax breaks to businesses. An estimated $70 billion in subsidies are awarded each year in the name of job creation and economic growth.