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Yes, I Have an Entertainment Complex
The Sylva Herald has articles on a couple of enraging items. Think of all the poor taxpayers you know working junk jobs just to get the bills paid. Then, enjoy…
North Carolina Film Office
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Editors: Hey, other states are still cliff-diving with big film incentives, so …
View in your browser. The editors of The Fayetteville Observer are interested in the film industry and with storytelling in general. An example of the latter came to my attention…
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Why the North Carolina film industry will continue
View in your browser. North Carolina’s film tax incentives program has changed significantly. Formerly a refundable tax credit of 25 percent of qualifying production expenses capped at $20 million per…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
A crutch that turns Tiny Tim into Superman?
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…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Connecticut kills its film industry suspends its race to the bottom
News from the Wall Street Journal: More than 80 movies featuring stars such as Jennifer Aniston, Tim Robbins and Michael Douglas have been filmed in Connecticut over the past seven…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
No dance this time: NC film industry is on life support
Unlike the usual news stories about how a heavily subsidized industry is an amazing success story, today’s WRAL article about the state’s film credits was all about how the North…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The film industry dance: another amazing success story that’s one lost public dollar from collapse
Not to be outdone by solar, the film industry in North Carolina is performing a redoubtable Incentives Dance – and they’ve added a new twist on it by suggesting that…
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Meanwhile in Wilmington
The corporate-welfare addicted N.C. Film Council frets that Republicans might reduce the amount of feed available at the trough. And this is an industry Charlotte wants to embrace?
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Film in NC to get a slice of the pie!
The Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) held Locations Show 2012 last week. What is the AFCI Locations Show? According to the website, Locations Show 2012 creates the industry’s premier…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Film Office flim flam
Live Blog The Wilmington Star-News touts state subsidies to movies. Not all of the money goes to movie stars, however, some of it goes to promoting the tax credits themselves.…
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More taxpayer money to be doled out to film companies
The House Commerce meets today and considers SB 943, Expand Film Credit, which increases the tax credit to film companies from 15 percent to 25 percent. All committee members have…
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NC Film Incentives
SB 943, a bill that would increase the current tax credit for film production from 15% to 25%, is being heard today for a second hearing in the Senate today…