California
Relocating TV
EP Services Offered
Eligible Production Types
- Feature Films
- Scripted Television
- Reality Television
- Documentaries
- Animation
- Video Games
- Webisodes
- Talk Shows
- Game Shows
- Live Events
- Commercials
Location Production Needs
- Rural
- Suburban
- Snow
- Tropical
- Beaches/Ocean
- Mountains
- Lakes/Rivers
- Deserts
- Forests
- City
California Film Commission
Colleen Bell, Executive Director
323.860.2960
| Incentive |
25% Tax Credit |
|---|---|
| Project Criteria |
25% 25% $1M per episode |
| Qualified Spend |
25% of qualified expenditures. Qualified expenditures include preproduction, production, and postproduction expenditures purchased and/or rented and used in the state of California. Qualified production expenditures do not include development, marketing, publicity, or distribution costs. |
| Program Guidelines |
July 1, 2020 Yes Yes 5 Years |
| Additional Considerations |
No Relocating television series: Relocates to California; filmed its most recent season (minimum of 6 episodes) outside of California; minimum budget requirement of $1M per episode. In-state tax liabilty required. Additional seasons are eligible for 20% and 5% uplift. Applications are ranked within categories (TV project vs. other TV projects, indie project vs. other indie projects, etc.) based upon their "jobs ratio" score. $66M (20% of annual budget) will be allocated for relocating TV each fiscal year. |