Tax department presents incentive reports; says biologics data limited by confidentiality, fertilizer and coal exemptions unused

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Tax department staff reported aggregated fiscal information for biologic manufacturing and qualified data-center sales-tax exemptions but said confidentiality limits and small claimant counts restrict detailed disclosure; no claims were reported for fertilizer- or coal-processing exemptions to date.

Tax department analysts told the Tax Reform and Relief Advisory Committee that available fiscal reports show increasing claim volumes for qualified data-center exemptions and growing biologic-manufacturing claims, while the fertilizer/chemical processing and coal-as-feedstock exemptions have produced no claims to date.

Shaylyn Heeb, a revenue analyst with the tax department, presented statutory reports claim data for reporting years 2022through 2024 (tax years vary by report). Heeb said combined owner-and-tenant reports for qualified data centers showed reported tax-exempt amounts of $19.3 million for tax years 2021and 2022 combined, $18.3 million for tax year 2022, and a large increase to $370.8 million reported for tax year 2024 (report year 2025). The department also reported job counts tied to data-center claims: 61 reported jobs in earlier periods and 115 reported jobs in the most recent year.

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Tax department presents incentive reports; says biologics data limited by confidentiality, fertilizer and coal exemptions unused

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