UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FILMING INCENTIVES

The Louisiana Motion Picture Investor Tax Credit

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
  • - Short films
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? No
Criteria to access the benefit
  • - Minimum spend 300000 (in local currency)
When will the benefit/incentive be received?
  • - On submission of audited accounts
Additional incentives or advantages
  • - Rece tour assistance, location finding service
  • - An additional 10%, investor tax credit is given on the total aggregate payroll of Louisiana residents. Bringing total credits to 40%. Tax credits may be transferred back to the State for 85% of face value; however, the state is not accepting transfers between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016. Sales Tax is not recoverable.

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