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The Tech Show Bill
Forcing big tech to show their secret tax breaks
A bill for an act relating to the disclosure of tax incentives provided to web search portal businesses and data center businesses, and including effective date provisions.
Good for everyday people ·
This bill would force the state to publicly share exactly how much money big tech companies save through special tax breaks for building data centers.
Our take
What we think, in plain words.
Giant tech companies get huge tax breaks to build data centers, but the exact dollar amounts are often kept secret. This bill would change that by making their tax savings public. It forces the state to put the names of the companies and their tax refunds into a searchable online database. If you want to know how your state spends its money and whether mega-corporations are paying their fair share, this bill gives you the receipts.
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The facts
What the bill actually says, no spin.
- Requires data centers to report all their tax-free purchases to the state.
- Forces the state to calculate exactly how much tax money these companies saved.
- Makes the names of the companies and their total tax savings public records starting in 2027.
- Creates a public, searchable online database so anyone can look up these special tax deals.
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