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Utah

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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

Legislation

Utah Code Ann. § 63M-1-1801 to § 63M-1-1805

Regulation

Rule R357-5. Motion Picture Incentive

Utah Film Commission

Virginia Pearce, Director

300 North State Street

Salt Lake City, UT 84114

801.538.8740

vpearce@utah.gov

www.film.utah.gov

Incentive

20-25% Refundable Tax Credit

Project Criteria

20%

20%

$500K

None
Qualified Spend

20% of qualified expenditures. Qualified expenditures include direct production expenditures made in Utah that are subject to state taxes.

5% if a production:

  • Will spend at least $1M in Utah
  • Hires 75% Utah residents for cast & crew (excluding extras and five principal cast members) or 75% of dollars left in the state (by the production) are spent in rural Utah. 
Program Guidelines

$8.29M

None

Yes

Yes
Additional Considerations

No