Livermore's centralized location, pro-business attitude, and its scenic setting make it an ideal community for new businesses and existing businesses to thrive. The City is committed to helping businesses thrive.  During this pandemic, the City Council authorized $2 million in spending to help local small businesses adapt and persevere until the pandemic ended.  Our COVID-19 Impact Report provides information on resources that were made available to small businesses. 

There  is also a City-wide Economic Incentive program available to major sales tax generators that would like to locate in Livermore.      

Sales Tax Reimbursement Economic Incentive Programs

The City of Livermore offers three Incentive Programs that provide sales tax reimbursement opportunities to eligible businesses. Generally, these programs authorize the City to share with a qualifying business a portion of the sales tax revenue the City receives due to the business' tax-generating activity within the City in order to reimburse a qualifying business for some of the following expenses:

1. City entitlement and development impact fees; and
2. Costs incurred to construct new Public Infrastructure Improvements in the City associated with business establishment or expansion.

To qualify for any of the Incentive Programs, a business must actually, or be projected to generate in excess of $3,000,000 in annual sales taxable by the State of California attributed to activity occurring in the City. Reimbursements will be measured against specific amounts of tax revenues actually received by the City due to such sales.

Details about our current Sales Tax Reimbursement Economic Incentive Programs

For questions and more information, contact oied@cityoflivermore.net.  

Pursuant to Section 53083(b) of the California Government Code (AB 562), the City of Livermore is providing information regarding existing economic development subsidies.

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