Business Incentives

There are so many benefits to your business being located in the River Bend Industrial Park and Business Center that we cannot possibly list them all here. However, those items which are available and pertinent to your consideration are listed below. Please contact our sales team at (903) 983-0228 for information tailored to your business.

Tax Incentives

We are working with Gregg County officials regarding River Bend Industrial Park and Business Center’s classification to be considered a Free Trade Zone which will further maximize corporate tax incentives.

Texas is one of the few states in the nation that does not enforce state income taxes. This allows all Texas employees to enjoy the money earned by their employers! Texas ranked 49th in per capita state taxes in 2005.

Texas does not have a state property tax. Local governments and special taxing districts levy taxes on real and tangible personal property. All property is appraised at full market value, and taxes are assesses by local county assessors on 80% of appraised value.

Area EDC Information

Please visit the area Economic Development websites listed here for additional information:

Texas Census Data

Another great resource for extrapolating and comparing Census data within the State of Texas can be found on the Texas State Data Center's website.

US Census Data of the Area

For area census data, please click on the links in the chart below

We have found that gathering data from the Census website (using FactFinder) can often be a bit difficult and time consuming. The links below will help you find the most requested data series for area states, counties, and cities in our East Texas region within the General, Economic, Housing, and Social Census categories. Just click one of the links below and the Census data will appear in a separate window:

Census 2000 Summaries - United States
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Census 2000 Summaries – States
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Census 2000 Summaries – Counties
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