… Sunshine Week, the Michigan Film Office has issued a report … detailed spending figures for each film receiving the Michigan Film Incentive’s refundable tax credits in 2008, but instead supplies … generous subsidies and tax credits. The Film Office argues … films that qualified for the tax credit, the figure should almost …
… the extension of the Michigan Film Incentive, Mackinac Center … program offers refundable tax credits worth up to 42 percent of expenditures made in Michigan by film production companies and is expected to yield tax credits of $100 million or more … paying the new Michigan business tax and its related surcharge. As …
… letter finding that the Michigan Film Office violated state law by … that received refundable tax credits in 2008 under the state’s aggressive Michigan Film Incentive program. The letter … draw public attention to the Film Office’s violation of state … movie-by-movie spending data by Film Office Director Janet Lockwood. …
… Snyder’s flat corporate income tax proposal would eliminate Michigan Economic Growth Authority tax credits, including the film subsidy, represents a victory … every $123,000 in MEGA tax credits offered, the program created … for every $1 million in tax credits actually earned by MEGA …
… two years since the Michigan film incentive went into effect … Policy Analyst James Hohman. "Film incentive supporters often … legislation was signed creating the film subsidy program, that same … 9.8 percent more. "While the film incentive program has succeeded … what the Michigan Business Tax extracts from other state businesses. …
… a subsidy from the Michigan Film Office, according to a video … Policy. Moore is a member of the Film Office Advisory Council, which advises the state-run Michigan Film Office. "While we don't blame … filmmakers with refundable tax credits worth as much as 42 percent … unemployment rate justify special tax favors to millionaire filmmakers? …
… jobs to the state through tax credits and other incentives. Research … behind $9 billion in unclaimed credits, which businesses may redeem … corporate welfare was the state’s film subsidy program, which doled … signed the death warrant for film incentives earlier this summer, … “The argument against targeted tax breaks and other forms of corporate …
… Director of Communications MIDLAND — Hangar42, a film studio touted by Gov. Jennifer Granholm in her … ignored or been rejected by officials at the Michigan Film Office and the Michigan Economic Development Corp., … apparently qualifies for a refundable infrastructure tax credit, which would represent 25 percent of the infrastructure …
… Michigan Economic Growth Authority, the unsuccessful multibillion dollar tax credit program. Primarily run by the Michigan Strategic Fund, the MBDP gives … notice: The MBDP appears no more effective than MEGA or the recently shuttered film incentive program. State planners are not effective at picking winners and …
