UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FILMING INCENTIVES

Vermont: no formal incentive in place.

Overview

Type of incentive
Qualifying formats
  • - Feature film - fiction (theatrical)
  • - Feature film - documentary (theatrical)
  • - TV Film or TV series - fiction
  • - TV Film or TV series - documentary
  • - Commercials (TV, theatrical, online)
Qualifying productions

    Specifics

    Benefit as a % of spend
    Financial cap per production-
    Do I have to register/set up a company?
    Does foreign cast/crew paid in their home country/region qualify as expenditure? No
    Do foreign cast/crew have to pay tax in the host country/state/region? No
    Does travel to/from country/region qualify as expenditure? No
    Can a production qualify for other national incentives such as cultural programmes if it qualifies for this incentive? No
    Criteria to access the benefit
      When will the benefit/incentive be received?
        Additional incentives or advantages
        • - Significant projects will be evaluated on a case by case basis. 6.9% sales tax exemption is available for all direct production expenses that appear in the film. The 9% accommodation tax is waived for lodging in excess of 30 days. Non-resident performer’s income tax is limited to that of their home state, or the Vermont rate, whichever is lower. There is an on-line resource database.

        [s]