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Greater Minnesota Job Expansion Program GreaterMNJEP.DEED@state.mn.us
This program provides tax benefits to businesses located in Greater Minnesota that increase employment. Qualifying businesses that meet job-growth goals may receive sales tax refunds for purchases made during a seven-year period. Eligibility To become certified to participate in the Greater Minnesota Job Expansion Program, a business must meet the following qualifications: • Increase employment at the business's facility by a minimum of two full time equivalent (FTE) employees or 10 percent of the current number of employees, whichever is greater, within three years. • Pay compensation , which includes wages and benefits not mandated by law, which on an annualized basis equals at least 120% of the federal poverty guidelines for a family of four, to all employees at the business facility. For 2025, these amounts these amounts are $28,580 per year or $18.55 an hour. • Be in operation for at least one year within a city, or a county if an agricultural processing facility, in Greater Minnesota, which generally excludes the seven county metropolitan area (the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington). See FAQs about Eligibility for more details . • Meet prevailing wage guidelines at the business facility if a construction or improvement project is undertaken and if the business is awarded a sales tax refund. See more about prevailing wage requirements. • Does not sell goods or services primarily to local markets ; the program is for businesses with sales and customers primarily outside Minnesota (in economic development parlance, the business is in a "traded sector"). In addition, the business must not be engaged primarily in: • Retail sales to purchasers physically present at the business' facility • Serving as a public utility
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