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Not the Best of Both Worlds: Tax credit will not save movies but will lose money

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A 25 percent income tax credit on film production expenses would cost the state $63.3 million more each year than the current 15 percent credit, which loses $11.2 million. Ernst & Young estimated the state lost $0.02 on each dollar of tax credits assuming all film-related economic activity result from the tax credit.

Not the Best of Both Worlds: Tax credit will not save movies but will lose money

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