U.S. Availability of State and Local Incentives for Manufacturing Operations

Category: GIA
Published: 2025-09-29
U.S. Availability of State and Local Incentives for Manufacturing Operations

GlobalAutoIndustry.com’s latest Audio Interview “U.S. Availability of State and Local Incentives for Manufacturing Operations” features Lynn Gandhi. Ms. Gandhi is a partner and business lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP, and is based in the firm’s Detroit office where she is a member of the Tax, Benefits, & Estate Planning Practice. She has acquired more than three decades of experience as a tax attorney, including 14 years as corporate in-house counsel. She advises her clients on sophisticated multistate tax planning, audits, appeals and litigation and represents them in legislative and policy initiatives across multiple industry platforms. In addition, Ms. Gandhi provides transactional support on the multistate tax implications of merger and acquisition transactions, and defense of post-closing indemnity and escrow claims related to pre-closing liabilities. Her clients include foreign-based companies with U.S. operations, national Fortune 500 companies, as well as Michigan-based businesses of all sizes.

In the 12-minute Audio Interview, Ms. Gandhi discusses these questions:

  • What are the key criteria in states’ incentives programs?
  • How do you start the process?
  • What is the landscape across the states for incentivizing new or expanded facilities?
  • What are the potential pitfalls? How can these be avoided?
  • Is there really free money out there?