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Corporate taxes


No one gets excited about paying taxes so we eliminate the following tax burdens:
No sales or use tax on industrial machinery/equipment/computers
No sales tax on purchases of electricity or natural gas used directly in the manufacturing process
No property tax on manufacturing machinery/equipment/computers

Personal Property Tax - Iowa does not tax personal property

Inventory Tax - Personal property includes corporate inventories of goods-in-process, raw materials and salable goods, so you won't be taxed here either.

Corporate Income Tax - 50% deductibility of federal taxes from Iowa corporate income. Iowa is one of only five states that offers this important deductible. A single-factor, non-unitary tax-Iowa's tax is based only on the percentage of total sales income within the state.

Iowa imposes an alternative minimum tax equal to 7.2% of Iowa tax preferences. Iowa's corporate income tax can also be reduced or eliminated by the New Jobs Tax Credit, High Quality Job Creation Program or Enterprise Zone Benefits.

Iowa State Sales Tax - The tax is imposed on gross receipts from sales of taxable tangible personal property and taxable (enumerated) services. Exceptions include industrial machinery, equipment and computers.
More on Iowa's tax policies
Iowa Property Tax overview
Iowa Sales & Use tax
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