Coachella Valley Enterprise Zone Information

The Coachella Valley Enterprise Zone Authority (CVEZA) established in 1992 is one of 42 zone authorities competitively designated by the State of California pursuant to approval of individual authority's detailed and comprehensively supported application and memoranda submittals.

Each enterprise zone publicly promotes, explains, supports, and administers business applications for vouchers issued to its zone establishment(s) that grant certain specific, yet highly liberal, hiring and sales/use tax credits, business deductions and other business empowerment arrangements that mitigate - and often eliminate - the firm’s state income tax obligations.

Although under the aegis of the State's Department of Housing and Community Development, a zone authority is usually funded through various partnership arrangements among city, county or other local government agencies.

The public policy behind the designation is to maximize the economic improvement and vitality of both the encompassed and adjacent communities through common and unique local incentives and special assistance to zoned business enterprises.