Harris, Caddell & Shanks, P.C., is a leader in this geographical area in representing clients before regional industrial development boards, city councils and county commissions for the purpose of securing for them tax abatements and other incentives for locating or expanding their facilities in this area. The firm’s attorneys have represented the majority of businesses seeking to locate or expand operations in the Decatur/Morgan County area, assisting these clients in locating and obtaining real estate, financing, tax abatements and other needs encountered in this complex process. These attorneys have secured for the firm’s clients the maximum benefits available to businesses under the Alabama Tax Incentive Reform Act of 1992, including abatements of sales and use taxes, and non-educational property taxes. The firm has also assisted in securing low-interest financing for its clients through the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by appropriate industrial development authorities.