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Tax

Dec. 29, 2005

Tax-Incentive for Filmmakers Holds Trap in Calculation of Movies' Costs

Focus Column - By Marvin A. Kirsner - A new film tax incentive that was created by the Jobs Creation Act of 2004 to encourage low- to middle-budget films contains a serious flaw that could render it virtually unusable for many projects that this new tax break was intended to benefit.

        
        
        Focus Column

        By Marvin A. Kirsner
        
        A new film tax incentive that was created by the Jobs Creation Act of 2004 to encourage low- to ...

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