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Pew Center on the States<\/p>

26 states, including Idaho, are not meeting any of Pew's criteria for scope or quality of evaluation.<\/p><\/div>\n

A recent report from Pew Center on the States lists Idaho among 26 states ‘trailing behind’<\/a> when it comes to evaluating tax incentives.\u00a0 That is, having a mechanism in place to take a closer look at the state-specific incentives and exemptions on a regular basis, and to evaluate if they’re doing what they were intended to do.\u00a0 In most cases, that’s spurring economic growth and development.<\/p>\n

Another study published by Good Jobs First back in 2010, found Idaho is among 13 states<\/a> with a failing grade on tax incentive transparency.\u00a0 Idaho doesn’t have a database of where tax incentives go, who gets them, and what kind of benefit (if any) a particular program has.<\/p>\n

Both studies suggest many states aren’t where they should be and that Idaho isn’t alone. <\/p>\n

Still,<\/del> these studies point to examples of where policy makers are doing a good job of making this kind of information publicly available.<\/p>\n

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State of Missouri<\/p>

Click on the photo too see Missouri's Accountability Portal<\/p><\/div>\n

When it comes to disclosure, Good Jobs First says Illinois, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Ohio and Missouri are doing the best job of making tax incentive information transparent.\u00a0 “[Some] states have been robustly reporting these things on their websites for years,” says Good Jobs First founder and executive director Greg LeRoy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For example, Missouri has an online ‘accountability portal<\/a>‘ which produces company-specific data for six of the biggest tax credit programs in the state.\u00a0 You can search the tax credit part of the site by legislative district, company or tax credit category.\u00a0 So, you can see which local vineyards received a wine and grape tax credit in 2011<\/a>, and how much that credit was worth.<\/p>\n

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