UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FILMING INCENTIVES

The Georgia Entertainment Industry Investment Act

Overview

Type of incentiveTax Credit
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)
  • - Video/online gaming production
  • - Music videos
Qualifying productions
  • - National productions
  • - Foreign productions

Specifics

Benefit as a % of spend30.00
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? Yes
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? Yes
Criteria to access the benefit
  • - Minimum spend 500000 (in local currency)
When will the benefit/incentive be received?
  • - On submission of audited accounts
Additional incentives or advantages
  • - VAT / GST /Sales Tax recoverable
  • - Rece tour assistance, location finding service
  • - Sales Tax Exemption. 20% across the board, transferable flat tax credit with a minimum of $500,000 spent on qualified production and post production expenditures within Georgia Additional 10% tax credit if a production company includes an imbedded Georgia promotional logo in the qualified feature film, TV series, music video or video game project Provides same tax credits to all instate and out-of-state labor working in Georgia, plus standard fringes qualify No limits or caps on Georgia spend; no sunset clause For commercials and music videos, a production company may group multiple projects together to meet the $500,000 minimum spend on qualified expenditures

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