Document Type
Article
Media Type
Text
Abstract
This article deals with Tax Increment Financing (TIF), which is a popular economic development tool. TIF borrows against future tax revenues to subsidize current development projects. In Illinois, this economic development tool is justified by its promise to expand the local tax base: by increasing tax revenues, increasing the number of taxpayers or increasing the number of taxable properties in the area. However, it is not clear that TIF delivers on its promise. A new dataset, which is introduced in this article, helps to clarify the issue. It does so by providing information about the number of TIF Districts in suburban Cook County, Illinois, the number of taxable properties therein and the nature of the relationship between these variables. If these variables move together, which would indicate that TIF Districts positively correlate with taxable properties, this article will find that TIF delivers on its promise.
First Page
39
Last Page
66
Publication Date
9-1-2013
Department
Other
ISSN
0734-1490
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Randall K.
(2013)
"How Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Districts Correlate with Taxable Properties,"
Northern Illinois University Law Review: Vol. 34:
Iss.
1, Article 4.
Suggested Citation
Randall K. Johnson, How Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Districts Correlate with Taxable Properties, 34 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 39 (2013).
