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Bonds, Loans, Grants & Incentives

Invest Atlanta, the City of Atlanta, and the state of Georgia offer an array of tools and programs to assist your business.

Business Programs & Incentives

There are multiple options to help get financial assistance for your business. Explore our incentives below and get in touch with us through the form at the bottom to get started. We're excited to work with you.

Issued to finance property of applicable non-profit organizations, such as schools, charities, and healthcare facilities.

Criteria

Typical Structure: Conduit issuer, no recourse, potential for credit enhancement
Term of Bond: Matched to the useful life of the assets financed
Interest Rate: Below market rate ½ fixed or variable
Bond Minimums & Maximums: Determined on a deal-by-deal basis

Requirements

Eligible Areas: Citywide
Jobs Created/Retained: Company must submit a detailed job creation & retention plan

Long-term, low-interest, below-market financing for construction of or improvements to manufacturing facilities.

Criteria

Bond Minimums & Maximums: Minimum of $2 million; $10 million maximum
Typical Structure: Conduit issuer, no recourse, credit enhanced
Term of Bond: Matched to the useful life of the assets financed
Interest Rate: Market rate ½ fixed or variable

Requirements

Eligible Areas: Citywide
Jobs Created/Retained: Company must submit a detailed job creation & retention plan

Through the issuance of Lease Purchase Bonds, Invest Atlanta holds title to real and personal property for a ten year period. Invest Atlanta enters into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Fulton County Board of Assessors to assess the property under a ramp up schedule starting at 50% in the first year and decreasing by 5% each year for the next 9 years until full taxes are paid in year 11.

Lease Purchase Bond Application

Criteria

Bond Minimums & Maximums: Suggested minimum of $10 million; no maximum
Typical Structure: Conduit issuer, no recourse
Term of Bond: 10 years
Interest Rate: Market rate ½ fixed or variable

Requirements

Eligible Areas: Citywide
Jobs Created/Retained: Company must submit a detailed job creation & retention plan

This discretionary fund is structured on a project by project basis based upon criteria such as job retention and creation in the city of Atlanta, financial strength of the business, and amount of business investment in the project.

Criteria

Eligible Activities: Funding of acquisition or construction of land, buildings and equipment, infrastructure or leasehold improvements, parking subsidies, relocation costs, workforce training, etc.
Eligible Applicants: Businesses or Non-Profit Organizations
Minimums and Maximums: City of Atlanta grant with funding determined on a case-by-case basis

Requirements

Eligible Areas: Citywide
Jobs Created/Retained: At the discretion of the Mayor and City Council

The City of Atlanta has several areas consisting of “less developed census tracts” and Opportunity Zones. Qualified businesses locating in a less developed census tract are eligible to receive a $3,500 per employee credit against state corporate income taxes for 5 years. Any legal business locating in an Opportunity Zone receives a $3,500 per employee credit against state corporate income taxes for 5 years.

Criteria

Eligible Applicants: For-Profit Businesses
Minimums and Maximums: State Job Tax Credits against income tax liability and withholding of $3,500 per new job to GA
Eligible Activities: Defines business enterprise to include all businesses; Available for up to 5 years

Requirements

Eligible Areas: City of Atlanta's 12 approved Opportunity Zones
Jobs Created/Retained: At least 2 new jobs

WorkSource Atlanta helps businesses recruit qualified employees, develop a workforce equipped with relevant skills through customized job-based training programs, and up-skill their current workforce.

Criteria

Minimums and Maximums: Funding determined on a case-by-case basis
Eligible Activities: Recruitment, job fairs, customized training, transportation assistance, drug screening, veterans recruitment
Eligible Applicants: For-Profit Businesses

Requirements

Eligible Areas: Citywide
Jobs Created/Retained: Company must submit a detailed job creation and retention plan

The State of Georgia offers the Quick Start program that develops and delivers customized training at no charge to eligible new, expanding and existing companies. This organization can work together with WorkSource Atlanta to provide a comprehensive workforce development program for the company.

Criteria

Minimums and Maximums: Up to $500 credit per full-time employee, per training program; $1,250 maximum per employee
Eligible Activities: Costs of instructors and teaching materials, employee wages during retraining, reasonable travel expenses
Eligible Applicants: For-Profit Businesses

Requirements

Eligible Areas: Citywide
Jobs Created/Retained: Training programs must be designed to enhance quality and productivity or teach certain software technologies

All Georgia businesses that file a Georgia income tax return and directly invest in retraining are eligible for tax credits. These can be used to offset up to 50% of a company's state income tax liability, and unused amounts can be carried forward 10 years and combined with other tax credits.

Criteria

Eligible Applicants: For-Profit Businesses
Eligible Areas: Citywide
Eligible Activities: Costs of instructors and teaching materials, employee wages during retraining, and reasonable travel expenses
Minimums and Maximums: Up to $500 credit per full-time employee, per training program; $1,250 maximum per employee

Requirements

Jobs Created/Retained: Must be for quality, productivity, and/or certain software technologies approved by the Technical College System of Georgia

Across-the-board 20% flat tax credit on minimum qualified Georgia production investments of $500,000.

Criteria

Minimums and Maximums: Companies must spend at least $500,000 on production and post-production either in a single production or on multiple projects
Eligible Applicants: For-Profit Businesses
Eligible Productions: Feature films, pilots, series, commercials, TV movies, music videos, and certain interactive projects includ