Before the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. businesses were receiving an average of $30 billion annually in local and state tax incentives, much of it for creating jobs that directly benefit local economies. Those agreements typically required workers to work from a central office located in the tax-break-granting city or state.
The rather stunning sum leads to a series of questions that hang over regional economies, city budgets, downtowns, transit systems, and companies and their workforces.
