Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives Generate $7.4 Billion In GDP And 129,000 Jobs In 2018

October 7, 2019

According to the Rutgers University’s Center for Urban Policy Research, the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives Program contributed more than $14.4 billion in output in terms of goods and services to the U.S. economy and added $7.4 billion in gross domestic product in Fiscal Year 2018. 

The program is administered by the National Park Service and the Internal Revenue Service, in partnership with State Historic Preservation Offices. 

Los Alamos Daily Post, October 5, 2019

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