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Company That Created One Job Awarded Tax Credit from State of Iowa

Iowa Economic Development Authority's investments include awarding Cemen Tech a tax credit through the High Quality Jobs program for its provision of one job.

Mary StrokabyMary Stroka
August 26, 2021
in State Government
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Company That Created One Job Awarded Tax Credit from State of Iowa

(The Center Square) – The Iowa Economic Development Authority announced its most recent round of financial awards will provide tax credits through the High Quality Jobs program to five Iowa companies that together will create 170 jobs and result in $50.4 million in new capital investment for the state.

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Those investments include awarding Cemen Tech tax benefits through the HQJ program for its provision of one job, the release said.

That job’s qualifying hourly wage, for a $2.8 million capital investment, is $28.01, the release said.

Cemen Tech, headquartered in Indianola, manufactures and sells volumetric concrete mixers for contractors, municipalities, precast operators, and the military. The company plans to expand the production facility and office space, the release said.

Calcium Products’ $17.1 million capital investment project “is expected to create” two jobs at a qualifying hourly wage of $20.47. The company in Webster County manufactures calcium-based fertilizer pellets for the U.S. and Canada, “helping customers maximize soil fertility to achieve higher crop yields and superior turf grass.” It plans “to increase output” by replacing the existing facility and constructing a new 70,000 square foot production and warehouse facility.

Fluid Quip Technologies, which produces technologies for ethanol plants, plans to expand workspace in Cedar Rapids, including about 12,600 square feet of offices and “other accommodating areas.” In addition to tax benefits, the board awarded $100,000 in direct financial assistance through the HQJ program to bring in 32 jobs, at a qualifying wage of $24.20. The project represents a nearly $1.3 million capital investment.

Tyson Foods subsidiary Tyson Fresh Meats, which produces pork products in Louisa County, will receive tax benefits through the HQJ program for its enhancing processing at the facility with new machinery, equipment and modifications. The capital investment is nearly $15.4 million and “is expected to” create 10 jobs. Eight will be incented at a qualifying wage of $19.65.

Monogram Food Solutions, which purchased two refrigerated processed meat brands from Sara Lee Corp., “has become one of the nation’s leading manufacturers of value-added snack meats and other foods,” the release said. It acquired the Quality Food Processors plant in Denison and plans to modify the facility to include new manufacturing lines. It received tax benefits for a $13.9 million capital investment project. It is “expected” to create 125 jobs at a qualifying wage of $18.51.

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John Mozena, president of the Center for Economic Accountability, a nonprofit organization for transparent economic development policy, told The Center Square in an emailed statement that the “whole argument” for state tax breaks is that they could attract business from other states or retain local businesses.

“But the IEDA’s own press release headline celebrating subsidies for ‘five established companies in Iowa’ shows that in reality, companies apply for subsidies because they’re available, and bureaucrats and politicians hand them out because they were asked for them,” he said. “When you look at what these companies are said to be doing, there’s little to no chance that they’d be picking up and moving elsewhere if not for the subsidy. If you’re not changing a company’s plans with a tax break, then you’re just lighting taxpayer dollars on fire.”

Of the companies that are receiving tax credits and creating single-digit numbers of jobs, Mozena said, “How is that news, and how is that something that the taxpayers of Iowa need to be subsidizing? Without the subsidy, would that company not be hiring that one guy?”

To meet the HQJ program’s wage threshold requirements, jobs must pay a starting wage of 100% of the laborshed wage and reach 120% of it within 3 years, the end of the contract performance period. Jobs created through projects in “economically distressed” areas only need to meet 100% of the laborshed wage threshold throughout the project.

Companies that create 1 to 5 jobs and make a capital investment of at least $500,000 in real property or depreciable assets can receive up to 2% in investment tax credits, a sales tax refund equal to the sales taxes paid by the developer, and research activities tax credits.

Tags: Calcium ProductsCemen TechCenter for Economic AccountabilityIowa Economic Development AuthorityJohn MozenaMonogram Food SolutionsTyson FoodsTyson Fresh Meats
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