1 Illinois Film Production Services Tax Credit Annual Report Types Of
Illinois Film Production Services Tax Credit Annual Report FY2018 July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018 When a production company is ready to claim their credit, they engage an Illinois licensed independent Certified Public Accountant who submits a report attesting to the qualified expenses including exact numbers of Illinois residents hired, and vendors used. However, the Film Tax Credit rule provides qualified productions up to two years from the completion of the project to claim a tax credit. Therefore, the figures reported may be for projects dating back to 2012. Beginning in FY2015 Q1, reporting methodology was changed from using spending estimates provided upon application to actual expenditures reported when the credit is claimed. However, we continue to report estimates for performance metrics. Estimates, while less precise, are timelier. Furthermore, projects awarded tax credits during this period may have been previously counted using the prior methodology. Amount of film production spending in Illinois and number of job hires: Total Job Talent Credits TOTAL Qualified Qualified IL Qualified IL Production Crew Hires FY18 Actual Hires** issued Expenses* Wages* Vendor Expenses* Office Hires** Hires** (EXCLUDES *** EXTRAS) Commercial 187.00 $ 44,831,246.57 $ 24,554,306.20 $ 20,274,298.30 896 5,025 573 6,494 TV 58.00 $ 208,948,815.76 $ 126,170,399.11 $ 82,793,123.55 734 6,586 974 8,294 Film 11.00 $ 9,454,857.45 $ 5,414,057.56 $ 4,040,800.48 41 987 154 1,182 TOTAL 256 $ 263,234,919.78 $ 156,138,762.87 $ 107,108,222.33 1,671 12,598 1,701 15,970 *Actual expenditures reported are measured from the date of issuance of the tax credit.
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