Businesses in Fort Bend County can take advantage of many outstanding incentives such as:

• Value-Added Tax Abatement
• Freeport Tax Exemption
• Tax Increment Financing
• Industrial Revenue Bonds
• Foreign Trade Zone Pending GBI and KCS Site

What’s more, Fort Bend ranked 5th in nation for job growth(CNN / Money Magazine, August 2010). And, Texas ranked 2nd nationally in The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council’s Business Tax Index 2010. The index compares the states in five areas of taxation that impacts business: corporate taxes, individual income taxes, sales taxes, unemployment insurance taxes, and taxes on property.