Incentives

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho has given big tax breaks to more than 30 companies since kicking off a new program designed to lure businesses to expand throughout the state.

An effort to boost Idaho's struggling economy by giving businesses tax incentives to create new jobs has failed in the state Legislature. The legislation died Tuesday in a Senate committee over lawmaker concerns about its fiscal impact. The bill would have allowed an employer to receive a portion of their new employee's income taxes in the form of a 4 percent refundable tax credit of a new employ