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Article: Court to Rule on Building Incentives; Tax Breaks Used Commonly as Lure
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- September 28, 2005
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The Supreme Court said yesterday it will decide whether state
governments can use tax breaks to entice companies to build
manufacturing facilities in their jurisdictions.
Though the court agreed to review the constitutionality of an Ohio
program, similar tax incentives are used aggressively in the
Washington region and around the nation, and the court's decision
could have an enormous impact on how governments attract large
companies and the jobs they create.
"This is a bread-and-butter issue for economic-development
practitioners," said Bill Badger, chief executive of the Anne Arundel
Economic Development Corp. "It could have a ripple effect on every
economic-development office and chamber ...