Tax Incentives

Like the federal government, state and local governments offer tax incentives to businesses to help solve economic and/or environmental issues.  Read the following articles and briefly describe the tax incentive(s) being offered and by which government.  Determine what economic problem(s) government is trying to solve by offering the incentive(s), and do your best to evaluate the costs and benefits of the incentive.  

• Brunori, D. (2014, March 19). Hawaii tax credit craziness. Forbes. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/taxanalysts/2014/03/19/hawaii-tax-credit-craziness
• Harpaz, J. 2014, January 28). Will tax incentives make Austin the video game capital of the world? Forbes. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/joeharpaz/2014/01/28/will-tax-incentives-make-austin-the-video-game-capital-of-the-world/
• Woodhill, L. (2014, April 6). Want jobs? Focus on incentives, not “stimulus..” Forbes. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/louiswoodhill/2014/04/06/want-jobs-focus-on-incentives-not-stimulus/