Transparency & Economic Development. Report Highlights Good. Bad. Ugly in Texas.

Good: Austin scores high in economic development transparancy as the country’s most transparent city

Bad:

• fails “to disclose even the names of companies that have received economic development tax breaks ”
  • Harris County
• “do notprovide adequate online disclosure of any of their subsidy programs”
  • Dallas
  • Bexar County
  • San Antonio
  • Harris County
  • Tarrant County
• “Texas’ reporting of local property tax abatements (Chapter 312) does it poorly. ”
  • The Annual Comptroller report does not include business names

Governing | Show Us the Local Subsidies 

54% | Portion of the 50 largest counties and cities that disclose no basic information online about the tax incentives they offer businesses.