DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

ENACTED LEGISLATION (Signed by the Governor)

JANUARY 31, 2010

Congress has approved DC 's production incentive program.  The program provides for a rebate equal to: 42% of the production's qualified production expenditures (which includes above-the-line resident and nonresident earnings) that are subject to taxation in the District; 21% of the company's qualified production expenditures that are not subject to taxation in the District; 30% of below-the-line  resident's wages that are subject to taxation in the District; and, 50% of the company's qualified job training expenditures.  To qualify for the incentive, the production company must; spend at least $250,000 in DC for development, preproduction, production, or postproduction; file an application with the Mayor; enter into an incentive agreement; and, not be delinquent in a tax or other obligation owed to the District.  Click here for the full text of DC B 583.  

For more information please contact:

Joe Bessacini
Vice President, Film & TV Production Incentives
818-480-4427
jbessacini@castandcrew.com

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