Tax Zone Locator

Tax Zone Locator
A powerful tool for quickly locating tax incentive and credit zones

Tax Zone Locator on Tax Research NetWork™ is a valuable tool for quickly locating federal, state and local tax incentive areas to obtain a variety of lucrative tax benefits. There are thousands of these specifically designated areas throughout the U.S. Businesses operating in them can enjoy significant tax savings, in some cases paying little or no income, property or sales taxes.

Tax Zone Locator instantly finds these areas to determine which business operations fall within the designated zones and what benefits are offered.

To ensure that you are obtaining all the tax credits and incentives for which you may be eligible, Tax Zone Locator is split into two databases — for employee and business addresses. Tax Zone Locator instantly finds these areas to determine which business operations fall within the designated zones and which benefits are offered.

The most extensive database available to determine if a business or employee address is located in a tax-favored area
Comprehensive, up-to-date tax incentive and credit information for federal programs and state enterprise zones
Detailed instructions for each program link directly to current forms
Fully integrated to ensure complete, accurate research and compliance
Updated regularly to ensure the most current information is always available
Tax Tracker News™ – emailed to you each day, the exclusive CCH news source is fully customizable so you can track the news most important to you

CCH has partnered with National Tax Credit Group (NTCG) to bring you Tax Zone Locator. NTCG is the nation’s leader in comprehensive, national property and employee address screening for location-based tax incentives, such as state Enterprise Zones, Federal Empowerment Zones, and Renewal Communities. NTCG is the leading provider of tax incentive consulting services.

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Updated regularly

Significant Tax Savings and Benefits

Combined tax credits, property tax breaks and other benefits offered in special incentive zones will generally result in annual benefits from tens-of-thousands to millions of dollars for many companies. Only 10%-50% of these benefits are ever claimed. Tax Zone Locator quickly finds these areas, details the benefits offered and provides eligibility criteria, along with the forms and filing requirements to obtain those benefits.

Tax Zone Locator finds:

Incentive Zones

Federal location-based tax incentive zones
- Empowerment Zones
- Renewal Communities
- Indian Tribal Land
- Gulf Opportunity Zones
- State Enterprise Zones
- Non-Pre-Qualification States
- Pre-Qualification States
Location-Based Incentives and Credits
- Hiring credits
- Sales and use tax credits, rebates and exemptions
- Property tax credits and incentives
- Income tax credits
- Franchise tax credits
- Investment credits

Easy Eligibility Determination

Tax Zone Locator also determines eligibility for credits and incentives and provides useful planning information. Simply enter the address for a location, and the Tax Zone Locator database pulls up all federal and state tax incentives available for that location. The listing provides the information needed to determine eligibility and submit qualifications.

Filing requirements
How to calculate credits and incentives
Links to:
- Forms for securing credits and incentives
- Instructions for accurate filing
- Contact information for the zone coordinator

Batch Processing:

For an additional fee, users may upload multiple addresses at once with the new batch processing feature. You may then generate a Microsoft® Excel output of results via Tax Zone Locator for easy manipulation.