HB 589 Virginia House of Delegates · 2022 Regular Session

Income tax, state; motion picture production tax credit.

Summary
Income tax; motion picture production tax credit. Removes the sunset for the motion picture production tax credit,which currently is set to expire after taxable year 2026. The billincreases the aggregate limit on credits from $6.5 million to $15million starting with fiscal year 2021 and also provides that creditsallocated for episodic content, gaming, virtual reality, and augmentedreality productions shall not count against the aggregate limit.The bill provides that if the amount of credits actually claimedis less than the aggregate limit for that year, the unclaimed remaindershall be added to the limit for the next year. The bill authorizescredits to be issued for multiyear periods. Under current law, ifproduction continues for more than one year, the taxpayer must filea separate application for each year.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022 Last action Feb 7, 2022
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Feb 4, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2023
lower
Jan 20, 2022
Committee
Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102951D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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