UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FILMING INCENTIVES

Alabama: Entertainment Industry Incentive Act

Overview

Type of incentiveCash Rebate
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)
  • - Post production/special effects for film & tv (fiction)
  • - Post production/special effects for film & tv (non-fiction)
  • - Music videos
  • - Short films
  • - Reality TV
  • - Variety entertainment programming
Qualifying productions
  • - National productions
  • - Foreign productions
  • - Co-productions

Specifics

Benefit as a % of spend25.00
Financial cap per production5000000
Do I have to register/set up a company?Yes
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
  • - Minimum spend 500000 (in local currency)
When will the benefit/incentive be received?
  • - On submission of audited accounts
  • - End of national fiscal year
Additional incentives or advantages
  • - Payroll tax rebate of 35% paid to Alabama residents. Exemptions to amounts of Production Expenditures required for incentives: - Soundtracks: A Qualified Production Company must incur total Production Expenditures of at least $50,000, but no Rebate shall be available for Production Expenditures in excess of $300,000. - Music Videos: A Qualified Production Company must incur total Production Expenditure of at least $50,000, but no Rebate shall be available for Production Expenditures in excess of $200,000. Productions that expend an aggregate of USD150,000 or more in connection with a qualified production within a 12 consecutive month period are also exempt from state sales, use and lodging taxes. Tax Exemption Certificate. Financial cap per year is $20,000,000. The incentive will be received following the tax year.

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