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San Antonio Production Incentives

New Texas Incentive Provides Dollars to Production Companies

The new incentive program is a 17.5%* cash grant based on in-state spending on your feature film projects with at least $5M in Texas spending. Projects can qualify with as little as $250,000 in state spending, at 7.5%*, and 12.5%* for projects $1M - $5M.

So shooting in San Antonio makes even more sense now! Add this to our fantastic PEOPLE and LOCATIONS, and the existing Sales Tax Exemptions for qualifying purchases, and shooting in San Antonio is smarter than ever.

The Texas Film Commission (www.texasfilmcommission.com) has details regarding the incentive program available here.

TAX EXEMPTIONS & REFUNDS
Texas also offers: Up-front Sales Tax Exemptions on most items rented or purchased for direct use in production;
Refunds of the 6% State Occupancy Tax on hotel rooms occupied for more than 30 consecutive days; Refunds on Fuel Tax paid on fuel used off-road.

FEDERAL TAX INCENTIVES
The information below is provided by the Directors Guild of America and the Independent Film & Television Alliance. It should not be viewed as tax advice with respect to your production activities. The San Antonio Film Commission does not have further information about these federal tax incentives and cannot advise you on how they may apply to your production. For such advice, consult with your tax advisor.

Section 181 - Download the DGA/IFTA brochure for this Internal Revenue Code.

* underutilized area bonus of 2.5% (this includes San Antonio)

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