In the Charlotte Business Journal. Sample quote:
“Unlike the JDIG program, the film incentive program does not return dollars to the state,” he says. “What we’re trying desperately to do is to develop a marketing model … that, number one, captures all of the revenue.”
He says the goal is to “sweep the corners clean,” and says even Hollywood is mystified at how Georgia can justify its large-scale tax incentives. He says he’s had conversations with Hollywood execs, “and they acknowledge they can’t figure out how the states return to the treasury anything from the grants.”
