Governor Charles D. Baker's Budget Recommendation - House 1 Fiscal Year 2016

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2.614 -Film (or Motion Picture) Credit


Item DescriptionFY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
2.614 Film (or Motion Picture) Credit
For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2006 and before January 1, 2023, Massachusetts allows two credits for motion picture production companies who meet certain qualification requirements. Production companies who incur at least $50,000 of production costs in Massachusetts are eligible for income and corporate excise tax credits equal to 25% of the total Massachusetts payroll for the production, excluding salaries of $1 million and higher. In addition, production companies whose Massachusetts production expenses exceed 50% of the total production cost receive an income and corporate excise tax credit of 25% of the total Massachusetts production expense. Supporting documentation is available to the
Department of Revenue upon request.

This tax credit is refundable at 90% of the approved credit amounts by the written election of the taxpayer or may be carried forward for up to 5 years. In addition, all or any portion of tax credits issued may be transferred, sold or assigned to other taxpayers with tax liabilities under chapter 62 (the individual income tax) or chapter 63 (the corporate or other business excise taxes). For applications submitted prior to January 1, 2007, film tax credits were capped at $7,000,000 for any one motion picture production; for applications submitted on or after January 1, 2007, there is no cap. Also, the sunset date for the film incentives statute has been extended from January 1, 2013 to January 1, 2023. See TIR 07-15 for more details.

Origin:  M.G.L. c. 63, S. 38X
Estimate:  $77.9
51.7 76.1 39.6 75.3 77.9

Key:

ORIGIN  
IRCFederal Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C.)
M.G.L. Massachusetts General Laws
U.S.C United States Code
ESTIMATES All estimates are in $ millions.


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