Examples of tax abatement in a Sentence
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The company is pitching a 75% personal property tax abatement for five years, in three installments.
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Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
Project leaders don’t plan to file for a tax abatement, but that could change, according to Post-Tribune archives.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Adam Burns, who heads up Pinnacle Development, which last year completed Boston’s first conversion and has two others in the pipeline, said the tax abatement is helpful — but the finances have to make sense.
—J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2026
Stargate, Abilene and Taylor County agreed to a generous tax abatement package, abating 85% of property taxes for the next 10 years.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Feb. 2026
Two Carmel developers plan to demolish an aging office park in Nora to build a 250-unit market-rate apartment complex — and the project will move forward with a tax abatement worth more than $7 million over 10 years.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 5 Feb. 2026
The company is requesting a 70% tax abatement rate over 10 years on its real and personal property investments.
—Kelsey Brown, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Jan. 2026
This year’s State of the State includes a pledge to overhaul the state’s decades-old J-51 tax abatement and incentive program, which helped expand the city’s rent stabilization system.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2026
The monthlies are low for now — $622 — but the building’s J-51 tax abatement expires in 2026.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Jan. 2026
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Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
Project leaders don’t plan to file for a tax abatement, but that could change, according to Post-Tribune archives.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Adam Burns, who heads up Pinnacle Development, which last year completed Boston’s first conversion and has two others in the pipeline, said the tax abatement is helpful — but the finances have to make sense.
—J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2026
Stargate, Abilene and Taylor County agreed to a generous tax abatement package, abating 85% of property taxes for the next 10 years.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Feb. 2026
Two Carmel developers plan to demolish an aging office park in Nora to build a 250-unit market-rate apartment complex — and the project will move forward with a tax abatement worth more than $7 million over 10 years.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 5 Feb. 2026
The company is requesting a 70% tax abatement rate over 10 years on its real and personal property investments.
—Kelsey Brown, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Jan. 2026
This year’s State of the State includes a pledge to overhaul the state’s decades-old J-51 tax abatement and incentive program, which helped expand the city’s rent stabilization system.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2026
The monthlies are low for now — $622 — but the building’s J-51 tax abatement expires in 2026.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Jan. 2026
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“Tax abatement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tax%20abatement. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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