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Georgia Tax Incentives Still Popular With Filmmakers and Voters Despite Political Issues


Georgia tax incentives are still popular with residents despite being targeted by politicians.

But, in February this year, state legislators introduced a major plot twist in the form of House Bill 1880, which threatened producers’ ability to get that extra 10% and, in turn, and the massive film and TV industry that has been built in Georgia since it established the current version of its incentive program in 2008. The last notable threat to the incentive came in March 2022, when the state’s senate finance committee voted to cap the tax credit at $900 million annually. Last November, London-based consulting firm Olsberg SPI released a study commissioned by the Georgia Screen Entertainment Coalition, which represents the interests of the major film studios and other industry stakeholders.

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