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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. Costs may have been incurred/paid in prior periods. ** Job hires represent a count of Illinois residents hired on productions and do not reflect unique individuals. Some residents may have worked on more than one project. *** There were 11,588 “Extras” reported on these projects; however, they are not included in Talent Job Hires for the sake of conservatism. Types of vendors hired, depending on production needs, include but are not limited to caterers, janitorial service companies, security companies, lumber yards, hardware stores, fabric stores, clothing companies, grocery stores, gasoline stations, hotels, restaurants, parking garages, office rentals, stage rentals, computer rentals, insurance companies and legal services. • We are unable to track vendor related jobs. Any given project will use hundreds of vendors and we do not track how many employees of a particular vendor work on each project. • In July 2018, P.A. 100-603 (SB 1461) was signed into law amending 34 ILCS 16/45 to help the Department comply with the statutory mandate that requires the Department to report the number of minority-owned vendor firms contracting with qualified Film Tax Credit recipients. Specifically, the new law, sponsored by Holmes, Kifowit/Turner, sets reasonable thresholds on vendor reporting. Additionally, it seeks to resolve the conflicts between the statutory reporting provisions that the Department make public proprietary and confidential information regarding vendor costs utilized by productions and prohibition of such information from disclosure within the same Act. 1 Whether or not the human infrastructure reflects diversity of the state of Illinois: • The film tax credit statute contains a diversity reporting requirement which means that no production will receive the tax credit without proof of a best faith effort to hire women and minorities as part of the technical crew and office staff. FY18 Diversity * Crew # % White Males 11,968 50% White Females 4,812 20% African American 2,403 10% Hispanic 2,698 11% Asian 1,118 5% Native American 277 1% Other 555 2% Total 23,831 100% Non White 27% White Females 20% Protected Class 47% • In order to promote racial diversity in the film industry in the state of Illinois, the Illinois Film Office continues to encourage educational opportunities for minorities to be trained for working in film and television. Illinois is the only state with a film production tax credit program with such a requirement. The Illinois Film Office provides support to a wide range of not for profit programs such as Free Spirit Media, Independent Film Project- Chicago, Midwest Independent Film Festival Summer student program, all of whom provide training programs for minority, women and underserved communities. In addition, DCEO has previously provided grant funding to IATSE Studio Mechanics Union (Local 476.) specifically for this purpose. The FILM office has worked with and met with our stakeholders to enhance awareness amongst labor trade unions, legislators, community leaders, and companies across the film industry to educate and inform about ways to succeed with a diverse workforce. Overall crew and production office staff racial diversity was at 27% in FY 2018 up from 14% when the program was established. 2 Illinois Film Production Services Tax Credit Vendors Providing Goods and Services to Tax Credit Recipients (FY18) for vendors paid $10,000 or 10% of the accredited production's spending, whichever is less VENDOR NAME TOTAL AMOUNT CINESPACE CHICAGO FILM STUDIOS LLC $8,088,645.05 MARIO MOTION PICTURE CATERING INC $4,116,327.13 KESLOW CAMERA INC $3,828,105.37 UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS FACILITIES $2,854,317.13 SJB RENTALS, INC $2,820,729.34 FILMMAKER PRODUCTION SERVICES LLC $2,722,713.01 PREMIER LUXURY SUITES, INC $2,601,435.62 CINELEASE, INC. $2,060,023.33 TOTEM LUMBER AND SUPPLY $1,551,472.96 ONE AT OPTIMUS $1,537,784.23 SC FUELS $1,443,372.60 Mill Group, Inc. $1,419,790.00 ESSANAY STUDIO AND LIGHTING COMPANY, INC $1,192,273.33 AUN POINT SECURITY, INC. $1,113,198.20 NBC UNIVERSAL CFS $1,084,415.78 PAYLESS CAR RENTAL, INC. $1,028,535.15 CUTTERS INC $709,419.90 H&M RENTALS INC. $677,931.00 11 Dollar Bill $659,970.00 OPTIMUS $657,006.54 THOMPSON CHICAGO HOTEL $655,088.56 Whitehouse Post Productions, LLC $583,649.48 MIDWEST RENTALS INC $573,553.17 WINDY CITY LIMOUSINE COMPANY LLC $565,893.02 CHICAGO SECURITY PROFESSIONALS LLC $549,178.50 SUNBELT RENTALS, INC. $525,950.21 CITY OF CHICAGO $522,150.56 MCMASTER-CARR SUPPLY COMPANY $507,151.96 VIDEO EQUIPMENT RENTALS $470,914.11 HAT TRICK CATERING LLC $460,704.28 AETNA $458,410.69 HERTZ EQUIPMENT RENTAL CORPORATION $423,664.18 JAMES HOTEL CHICAGO $398,247.79 MCCASTER AND ASSOCIATES SECURITY SERVICES LLC $398,136.25 HONEST FOODS, INC. $395,940.85 CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY $372,920.75 MANGO POST CHICAGO, LLC $369,296.50 FLEET SERVICE CHICAGO INC $358,707.23 COMMA $323,500.00 PERISCOPE POST AND AUDIO LLC $323,283.10 71 Degrees North $313,829.29 KINETIC REMOTE SYSTEMS/CAMERA CRANE SPECIALISTS $303,030.40 CLAIRE SIMON CASTING INC $294,475.60 CHICAGO PORTABLE POWER COMPANY $287,057.87 LINCOLN SECURITY SERVICES LLC $283,457.00 TOM CZARNOPYS STUDIO LLC $275,900.00 CHICAGOLAND TRUCK RENTAL INC $272,100.56 Leo Burnett $272,092.94 STEVENS SECURITY AND TRAINING SERVICES $270,811.50 Page 1 of 21 Illinois Film Production Services Tax Credit Vendors Providing Goods and Services to Tax Credit Recipients (FY18) for vendors paid $10,000 or 10% of the accredited production's spending, whichever is less VENDOR NAME TOTAL AMOUNT SUITE HOME CHICAGO INC $263,379.10 ALL STATE ARENA $260,127.27 DIGITAL HYDRA, LLC $250,475.99 T & P ASSETS LTD $245,976.18 G3 Accounting + Tax $238,100.00 FILMGEAR INC $236,832.57 SBC (AT&T) $236,546.32 BIG CITY SETS, INC. $236,059.11 SIGN WORKS INC $233,656.54 MEDIA PROCESS GROUP $233,471.12 DAUFENBACH CAMERA LLC $232,415.18 6th Sense Inc. dba Studio 6 $231,701.68 SERVICE SANITATION, INC. $230,411.50 VETO VIEWPOINT, INC $228,968.50 INDEPENDENT STUDIO SERVICES $227,280.49 IDEAL FACILITIES SERVICES LLC $223,465.00 PICTURE PERFECT SERVICES INC $221,728.02 THE IMAGINARY LINE STUDIOS LTD $220,880.00 UNIVERSAL MUSIC ENTERPRISES $220,782.00 PASKAL RUDNICKE CASTING, INC. $220,628.50 A TO B RENTALS INC $218,551.75 QURIOSITY PRODUCTIONS $218,194.84 HONEY POOH INC $202,160.00 O'CONNOR CASTING COMPANY $199,845.89 Prison City Choppers $197,030.20 ACE RENT A CAR INC $193,268.70 FILMWORKERS CLUB $191,792.92 RML SPECIALTY HOSPITAL $189,808.25 JC LICHT LLC $184,855.16 ARC DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC $183,518.05 BAM STUDIOS INC $178,876.87 Cinema Libertad LLC $177,635.00 EMERGING BUSINESS SOLUTIONS GROUP, LLC $176,500.00 IL-TRIBUNE TOWER LLC $172,681.90 AMAZING CREATION $170,585.50 BLOOMINGDALES $169,982.87 QUIXOTE MM, LLC $167,234.94 NORDSTROM INC $163,629.50 HOOTENANNY $158,900.00 INTERPARK LLC $157,430.40 CHICAGO STUDIO CITY REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS LLC $154,456.24 Hilton Hotel $154,178.91 ANIMAL TALENT OF CHICAGO INC $153,317.50 SIGNATURE TRANSPORTATION GROUP LLC $152,871.93 MIDWEST PROPS FX AND MANUFACTURING INC $148,736.50 GIGRIG INC $148,283.74 SCHUMACHER CAMERA LLC $146,975.49 E-COMMUNICATIONS $146,604.17 COLORING ROOM $145,141.29 Page 2 of 21 Illinois Film Production Services Tax Credit Vendors Providing Goods and Services to Tax Credit Recipients (FY18) for vendors paid $10,000 or 10% of the accredited production's spending, whichever is less VENDOR NAME TOTAL AMOUNT POWERHOUSE GENERATORS INC $144,229.50 STEVENSON SALES AND SERVICES LLC $143,815.79 HARRIS THEATER FOR MUSIC AND DANCE $143,238.22 SCHAWK USA INC $140,343.36 Midwest Camera Car (DBA Chebo, Inc.) $136,685.25 OWENS & ROBINSON $136,519.80 1000 N NORTH BRANCH ST, SUITE F $135,990.00 PRG VIDEO CHICAGO $135,747.44 Method Studios $134,230.00 TWISTED MEDIA INC $133,363.38 SIMFLEX SERVICES.