TAX CREDITS & INCENTIVES EXPERTISE
Forming partnerships with the public sector can provide long-lasting benefits and advantages to your business. To attract new investment and retain businesses, federal, state and local governments offer a variety of valuable economic development incentives. As your business is preparing to reopen or planning for growth, understanding and implementing the various economic development incentive programs is a game changer. ML Brenner Consulting is ready to help your business successfully build public partnerships and navigate the incentive opportunities. Our services are designed to assist in pursuing, securing and realizing a variety of tax credits, grants and other incentives. We efficiently maximize the benefits, while minimizing the risk and lowering administrative efforts.
COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES
Customized to meet our clients' needs
INCENTIVE REALIZATION & COMPLIANCE
Already have incentives in place?
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Assistance with tracking and maintaining key information
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Documentation of audit-ready support and preparation of incentive compliance reporting
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Monitor ongoing compliance with various agreements
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Maximize incentives and minimize risks and administrative efforts
CREDIT & INCENTIVE IMPLEMENTATION
Growing your business?
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Identification of available and applicable economic development incentive opportunities
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Comparative analysis of multi-state incentives
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Incentive negotiations and deal packaging
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Applications and securing various governing body approval(s)
SITE SELECTION & LOCATION ANALYSIS
Looking for a new location?
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Administer RFP process to identify and gather information on potential sites
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Research and analysis of key economic impact factors
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Comparative analysis of tax structures and labor indicators
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Location cost modeling
INCENTIVE REVIEW
Not sure if you are capturing all available incentive benefits?
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Investigate and secure available federal, state and local tax credits
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Find opportunities to turn credits into cash
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Utilize unused, misused or missed credits
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Renegotiate incentive agreements to align with over/under performance
BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS AND SAVINGS
INCENTIVE TRIGGERS TO LOOK FOR
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Establishing new facilities​
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Expanding or renovating existing facilities
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Workforce expansion or retention
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Consolidating facilities
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Lease expiration
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Merger & Acquisition
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Launching new markets/new products
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R&D
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Significant capital investment
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Site clean-up/renovation/demolition
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Large-scale training
TYPES OF INCENTIVE PROGRAMS
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Real and personal property tax abatement
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Development bonds
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Tax increment financing
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Hiring or retaining jobs tax credits
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Wage assessments or payroll rebates
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Training grants or credits
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Utility rate reduction
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Expedited permitting
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Forgivable or low-interest loans
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Infrastructure grants or financing
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Fixed asset grants
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Sales tax exemptions and rebate
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Research and development grants or tax credits
THE TEAM
MARTI BRENNER
Marti has 20 years of experience working with small to large-sized companies across a variety of industries in negotiating and implementing federal, state and local incentives and tax credits across the U.S.
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Prior to starting ML Brenner Consulting in 2020, she worked over 10 years at a Big Four accounting firm and then moved on to develop a credits and incentives practice at a regional firm in Central Ohio, GBQ Partners, in 2011.
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Marti graduated from The Ohio State University with BSBA in Honors Accounting. She is certified through the National Development Council as an Economic Development Financial Professional (EDFP) and served on the board of the non-profit Stef Spielman’s Celebrate Life Tailgate.
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