A Review of Tax Incentive Evaluation Processes Across the U.S.

On August 11, 2022, The Pew Charitable Trusts presented to the Tax Expenditure Review Commission of Minnesota on the state of tax incentive evaluation across the United States. John Hamman’s presentation covered:

• Why evaluate tax incentives?
• Evaluation in the states
• Incentive evaluation best practices
• Connecting evaluation findings to policymaking
• How states have used evaluation findings
  to inform policy decisions

Using this information, policymakers can identify where their state stands relative to others and learn from other states’ examples.