JDIG Transformative Project
Funds flagship North Carolina projects with exceptional employment impact and major private-sector capital attraction.
The JDIG Transformative Project tier is the highest-value incentive track within North Carolina's Job Development Investment Grant framework, administered by the North Carolina Economic Investment Committee (EIC) under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-437.50. It is a performance-based, discretionary cash grant that reimburses qualifying companies for up to 90% of annual withholding taxes generated by net ne…
Performance-based cash grants to companies creating 3,000 or more net new jobs and committing at least $1 billion in capital investment in North Carolina, reimbursing up to 90% of withholding taxes over terms of up to 30+ years.
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