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manufacturing, warehousing/distribution,
BUSINESS INCENTIVES processing, telecommunications,
McDuffie County’s tourism, retail, and research and
Largest Employers Georgia and McDuffie County offer development industries. Businesses
a variety of incentives to expanding creating a minimum of ten new jobs in
• Advanced Auto Parts Distribution industries as well as new businesses the county are eligible to offset their
• HP Pelzer (Automotive Systems), Inc. coming to our county including: Job corporate income tax liability by $3,000
Tax Credits, Tax Exemptions, and per job created.
• McCorkle Nurseries, Inc. Employment Incentive Program Sales and use tax exemptions are
• R.A. Dudley Nurseries, Inc. (EIP) loans. available to a diverse group of industries
• Shaw Industries Group, Inc. Because McDuffie County is a Tier in Georgia. McDuffie County exempts
up to 100 percent of manufacturers’
2 county, Job Tax Credits are available
• Thomson Plastics, Inc. to businesses of any nature including inventory under the local Freeport law.
Warehouse industries are also exempt
from property taxes if the inventory will
be shipped out of state.
Businesses may quality for a loan
through the Employment Incentive
Program loans with a stipulation that the
business create jobs in the community.
The loan can be up to $500,000 at a low
interest rate.
For more information on McDuffie
County’s business incentives, please visit
www.forwardmcduffie.com.
TOP INDUSTRIES
5 in McDuffie County
Manufacturing
1,630
Government
1,241
Retail
904
Healthcare &
Social Assistance
860
Accommodations
& Food Services
608
Source: Georgia Department of Labor Local Area Profile (2018)
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