ATLANTA – Legislation putting guardrails around Georgia’s popular film tax credit cleared a state House subcommittee Tuesday.
House Bill 1180, which a House Ways and Means subcommittee approved unanimously, would require film production companies to meet at least four of 10 criteria to qualify for an additional 10% income tax credit on top of the 20% base credit the General Assembly enacted in 2008.
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