UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FILMING INCENTIVES

Wyoming: Film Industry Financial Incentive (FIFI) Program

Overview

Type of incentiveCash Rebate
Qualifying formats
  • - Feature film - fiction (theatrical)
  • - Feature film - documentary (theatrical)
  • - TV Film or TV series - fiction
  • - TV Film or TV series - documentary
  • - Commercials (TV, theatrical, online)
  • - Video/online gaming production
  • - Music videos
Qualifying productions
  • - National productions
  • - Foreign productions

Specifics

Benefit as a % of spend12.00
Financial cap per production-
Do I have to register/set up a company?Yes
Does foreign cast/crew paid in their home country/region qualify as expenditure? No
Do foreign cast/crew have to pay tax in the host country/state/region? Yes
Does travel to/from country/region qualify as expenditure? Yes
Can a production qualify for other national incentives such as cultural programmes if it qualifies for this incentive? Yes
Criteria to access the benefit
  • - Minimum spend 200000 (in local currency)
When will the benefit/incentive be received?
  • - On submission of audited accounts
Additional incentives or advantages
  • - Rece tour assistance, location finding service
  • - Providing a storyline that is set in Wyoming (full 15% rebate). Providing additional Wyoming behind the scenes footage highlighting Wyoming locations used in the project (up to 14% rebate). Using Wyoming props and product placement (up to 13% rebate). Providing a clear statement in the credits that the product was filmed in Wyoming (minimum 12% rebate). The Wyoming Film Office has asked Wyoming businesses to offer production companies filming in Wyoming an additional 10% discount on production related services. A list of statewide businesses participating in the programme including hotels/motels, restaurants, caterers, etc other promotional opportunities that provide Wyoming tourism value could be negotiated to determine rebate percentage.

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