The Tax-Incentives Derby Kicks into High Gear!
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From Michigan to New Mexico, the production tax incentives derby is on in a big, big way. We talk to one of the producers of Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino, which moved from Minnesota to Michigan because of incentives, and two state legislators on opposite sides of the incentives debate.
Guests:
- Bill Gerber: President, Gerber Pictures
- Steve D'Amico: State Representative (D-MA)
- Cameron Henry: State Representative (R-LA)
Links:
- Ernst and Young calls NM film incentives good return on investment, New Mexico Business Journal on
- Representative D'Amico's take on incentives
- Boston Herald editorial staff responds to MA DOR report
- Representative Henry's push to make Louisiana a film-industry destination
- Success of film tax credits, free-market Heartland Institute on
- Controversy over competing film studies in NM, New Mexico Business Journal on
- MA Department of Revenue calls film tax credit a failure, Boston Herald on
- Spring 2009 Guide to US Production Incentives, The Incentives Office (consulting firm)
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