trade organization representing major American film studios
Zachary Halaschak of the Washington Examiner documents disappointing bipartisan support for a bad idea: state film and television incentives. States, even those not traditionally associated with Hollywood, have been pushing…
John Fund of National Review Online takes American movie makers to task for their willingness to bow to pressure from Chinese censors. China is now the big player in global…
There’s a lot to like in the Senate budget. I highlighted a few of my favorite things in the House budget two weeks ago. The Senate has put their budget…
Spot the themes: • Stewart Mandel, Fox Sports, “Why North Carolina’s titles, wins, might be safe NCAA punishment” Attempting to predict penalties in an NCAA investigation is only slightly less…
Film industry supporters who want the state to continue giving their industry generous tax credits like to tout NC State professor of supply chain management Rob Handfield’s study of those…
Carolina Journal’s Barry Smith details the state House budget proposal. Among the most interesting items to me is that it ends the state’s 25 percent refundable film credit. Other provisions…
…. I say look at the data on what North Carolina’s refundable film tax credit doesn’t deliver. North Carolina loses 54 cents for every dollar it allocates to the state…
For those not following the issue, N.C. State professor Robert Handfield produced a study for the Motion Picture Association of America claiming that state film incentives produced significant benefits for…
Is North Carolina’s film tax credit the economic driver its supporters claim? No, according to the legislature’s Fiscal Research Division. Carolina Journal’s Dan Way reports here. North Carolina loses 54…
A presentation prepared by the Labor and Economic Analysis Division (LEAD) of the North Carolina Department of Commerce finds a net “negative budgetary impact” of North Carolina’s film incentives. In…
View in your browser. A presentation prepared by the Labor and Economic Analysis Division (LEAD) of the North Carolina Department of Commerce finds a net "negative budgetary impact" of North…
That is how the film industry treats North Carolina’s film tax credit, as my newsletter discusses. With the tax credit, the state’s film industry is an economic dynamo, but it’s…