Reno/Sparks have a very competitive business
environment. Consider the following advantages:
- No Corporate,
Inventory, Personal Income, Unitary, or Franchise Tax.
- Low
Property Taxes.
- Sales
Tax abatement on capital equipment for companies meeting
state requirements for economic development.
- State
funding of employee training for new business.
- State
assisted job hiring free to new companies.
- IDB
funding available for new construction.
- Right
to Work State.
- Nevada
Ranks #2 in "Expansion Management's" "Legislative
Quotient" rating of States on their attitudes toward business.
- Reno ranks #5 in Entrepreneur Magazine's ranking of best
small cities for business.
- A Grant Thornton accounting study shows that a manufacturer
doing 4 million in annual sales with 50 employees will have
a 33% tax savings annually by operating in Reno/Sparks vs.
Los Angeles.
- Tourism provides in excess of 45% of taxes to state and
local government, lessening the impact on industrial users.
Reno
is the Central Distribution point to West Coast Markets:
- Overnight delivery to Major West Coast Cities.
- Over 60 Truck Carriers, Union Pacific/Burlington Northern,
12 Airlines, Ocean Containers Via Oakland.
|
Destination
|
Distance
|
| Los Angeles |
475 Miles
|
| San Francisco |
236 Miles
|
| Portland |
586 Miles
|
| Seattle |
758 Miles
|
| Salt Lake |
521 Miles
|
| Sacramento |
135 Miles
|
| Las Vegas |
441 Miles
|
| Phoenix |
732 Miles
|
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