Business Programs & Incentives
There are multiple options to help get financial assistance for your business. Explore our incentives below and get in touch with us through the form at the bottom to get started. We're excited to work with you.
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There are multiple options to help get financial assistance for your business. Explore our incentives below and get in touch with us through the form at the bottom to get started. We're excited to work with you.
Issued to finance property of applicable non-profit organizations, such as schools, charities, and healthcare facilities.
Long-term, low-interest, below-market financing for construction of or improvements to manufacturing facilities.
Through the issuance of Lease Purchase Bonds, Invest Atlanta holds title to real and personal property for a ten year period. Invest Atlanta enters into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Fulton County Board of Assessors to assess the property under a ramp up schedule starting at 50% in the first year and decreasing by 5% each year for the next 9 years until full taxes are paid in year 11.
This discretionary fund is structured on a project by project basis based upon criteria such as job retention and creation in the city of Atlanta, financial strength of the business, and amount of business investment in the project.
The City of Atlanta has several areas consisting of “less developed census tracts” and Opportunity Zones. Qualified businesses locating in a less developed census tract are eligible to receive a $3,500 per employee credit against state corporate income taxes for 5 years. Any legal business locating in an Opportunity Zone receives a $3,500 per employee credit against state corporate income taxes for 5 years.
WorkSource Atlanta helps businesses recruit qualified employees, develop a workforce equipped with relevant skills through customized job-based training programs, and up-skill their current workforce.
The State of Georgia offers the Quick Start program that develops and delivers customized training at no charge to eligible new, expanding and existing companies. This organization can work together with WorkSource Atlanta to provide a comprehensive workforce development program for the company.
All Georgia businesses that file a Georgia income tax return and directly invest in retraining are eligible for tax credits. These can be used to offset up to 50% of a company's state income tax liability, and unused amounts can be carried forward 10 years and combined with other tax credits.
Across-the-board 20% flat tax credit on minimum qualified Georgia production investments of $500,000.
Existing manufacturing or telecommunications support facilities that have operated for at least 3 years and making capital investments of $50,000 are eligible. Taxpayers must choose between this or the Georgia Job Tax Credit. May be applied against 50% of state corp income tax liability and carried forward 10 years.
This is offered in lieu of the Investment Tax Credit, with a minimum investment range $5-20 million. The taxpayer can use the tax credit up to the calculated amount for a given year, and the credit can be claimed up to 10 years after property was first placed in service, providing it remains in service.
Eligible companies receive $750-3,500 per job, per year, for 5 years (unless a new job creation threshold is reached). Credits can be used against 50-100% of tax liability depending upon the tier and can be carried forward for 10 years.
Companies creating new quality jobs within seven years can qualify. Credits total $2,500-5,000 per job, per year, up to 5 years, and can be used to offset payroll withholdings once all other tax liability has been exhausted. Credits can be carried forward 10 years.
New and existing businesses performing qualified Research & Development in Georgia are eligible.
The credit is applicable to 50% of the company's net tax liability after all other credits have been applied. Any excess can be applied to state payroll withholdings. Credits can be carried forward 10 years 10% tax credit of increased R&D expenses subject to base amount calculation
For new companies the base amount is 30%. For existing it is 0.300 or the current year GA gross receipts x (the average of the ratios of qualified GA research expenses to GA gross receipts for the preceding 3 taxable years), whichever is less.
Companies that employ at least 1,800 net new employees and either invest at least $450 million or have a minimum annual payroll of $150 million are eligible.
The credit is $5,250 per job, per year, for five years and is applied to tax liability. Any excess can be applied to state payroll withholdings. Credits can be carried forward 10 years.