Global Filming Incentives

San Francisco Incentives

California, United States of America

Overview

Type of incentive
  • Tax Rebate
Qualifying formats
  • Feature film - fiction (theatrical)
  • Feature film - documentary (theatrical)
  • TV Film or TV series - fiction
  • TV Film or TV series - documentary
Qualifying productions
  • National productions
  • Foreign productions

Specifics

Benefit as a % of spend
Financial cap per production
Do I have to register/set up a company?
Does foreign cast/crew paid in their home country/region qualify as expenditure?
Do foreign cast/crew have to pay tax in the host country/state/region?
Does travel to/from country/region qualify as expenditure?
Can a production qualify for other national incentives such as cultural programmes if it qualifies for this incentive?
Criteria to access the benefit
When will the benefit/incentive be received?
Additional incentives or advantages

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