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Lawmakers in Arizona have enacted the Arizona Motion Picture Production Program, offering qualified productions up to $75 million a year in 2023, $100 million in 2024, and $125 million in 2025 and thereafter in film and TV incentives. The program is...

News, Tax, Finance, Budgets, 2022 Updates, Accounting

  As a result of the mass unemployment that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, New York State has borrowed funds from the federal government to maintain UI benefits. While the state is working to pay down the amount that was borrowed, annual...

News, Tax, Finance, 2022 Updates

The Social Security wage base has increased from $142,800 to $147,000 for 2022, which increases the maximum individual contribution by $260.40.

News, Tax, 2022 Updates

The Social Security wage base has increased from $137,700 to $142,800 for 2021, which increases the maximum individual contribution by $316.20.

News, Tax, 2021 Updates

The Social Security wage base has increased from $132,900 to $137,700 for 2020, which increases the maximum individual contribution by $297.60.

News, Tax, 2020 Updates

Several states allow employees to receive partial pay when taking time off from work to take care of a sick family member or bond with a child.

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In an effort to attract more industry jobs and spending, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed legislation extending the film tax credits on August 1st. State officials said earlier this year that total estimated spending and wages by the film...

News, Tax, Incentives

Direct from the Film Office — We recently interviewed Steve Gorelick, Executive Director for the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission. Among the topics discussed were New Jersey’s new incentives program and the reasons filmmakers...

News, Tax, Production, Direct from the Film Office, Incentives

California Paid Family Leave (PFL) provides up to six weeks of partial pay to employees who take time off from work to care for a seriously ill family member (child, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse, or registered...

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Direct from the Film Office — GreenSlate’s Kathleen Thompson, Vice President – Incentives and New Business Development, recently sat down with Don Gray, Locations Coordinator for the New Mexico Film Office. Among the topics discussed were the...

News, Tax, Production, Direct from the Film Office, Incentives