TAX INCENTIVES
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
SAVE OUR TAX CREDIT. The lawmakers want and need to hear from you! Everyone must pitch in to protect our industry and our jobs. Let’s tell our personal stories and convince the lawmakers on the Finance Committee that it is extremely important to VOTE NO on this section of the bill. Lowering the film tax credit would drive business to other states, decimating our industry in the state, leaving many of us out of work.
CALL TO ACTION: SHARE YOUR TESTIMONY!
Governor's Bill - S.B. No. 1246
AN ACT CONCERNING REVENUE ITEMS TO IMPLEMENT THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
Sec. 3. Line 171 Regarding the Film Tax Credit
What to include in your testimony:
1. Tell your personal story: How will the reduction in the film tax credit and ensuing loss of jobs and business affect you? Mention what it means to you on a personal level to have film and TV jobs available in the state.
2. Give specific examples of positive economic impact that has resulted from film and TV production: Share how you have personally experienced and seen positive economic impact in your local community.
3. Specifically mention that you want to keep the credit at 30%. With production budgets so tight, even a 5% reduction in the credit will mean that production companies and studios will look elsewhere to shoot, and blue collar entertainment workers in Connecticut will have to cross state lines to find work, resulting in a loss of tax income for the state.
Please see the link below for instructions and information on how to testify In Person, Virtually, or In Writing. It is important that if you do plan on testifying In Person or Virtually, you also need to submit your written testimony as well.
If your local representative or senator serves on the Finance Committee, we encourage you to reach out to them directly and advocate for them to oppose this provision of the governor’s budget.
We need to convince the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee to support the film production tax credit.
Find out if your representatives are serving here: Finance, Revenue, & Bonding Committee by Town
This is our chance to speak up and explain the importance of the film tax credit. Everyone needs to pitch in to protect our industry and our jobs. We need to tell our personal stories and convince the lawmakers on the Finance Committee that it is extremely important to support our film tax credit.
TAKE ACTION
Please take action! Submit written testimony, sign up to testify in person if you can, and virtually if you can’t. We need everyone to come together and fight for our industry in the state!
Please see the links below for Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee Members (where you can find the contact info for all representatives), as well as the link to contact the Governor directly. Email and Call all the lawmakers on Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee and the Governor! They need to hear from us!
In Person / Virtual Testimony (2/26/2025 @ 11am)
To register to speak, click this link, follow the prompts to register for the hearing and note your preference to testify in person or remotely.
Governor's Bill - S.B. No. 1246
AN ACT CONCERNING REVENUE ITEMS TO IMPLEMENT THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
Sec. 3. Line 171 Regarding the Film Tax Credit
Once you fill out the form, if you are planning on testifying in person, please note they will also give you a Zoom link as a back up so if for any reason you can’t make it, you will be able to testify virtually. Also parking is free and there is a cafeteria in the building. Please be aware it will be a long day (much like being on set, as the hearing is a live broadcast on TV).
Please click the button below to sign up.
It is important that if you do plan on testifying In Person or Virtually, you also need to submit your written testimony as well.
Written Testimony
Governor's Bill - S.B. No. 1246
AN ACT CONCERNING REVENUE ITEMS TO IMPLEMENT THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
Sec. 3. Line 171 Regarding the Film Tax Credit
We are asking you to use YOUR OWN WORDS as the Committee may be deleting emails that are "copied and pasted." However, here are a few important points that you can incorporate into your testimony:
What to include in your testimony:
1. Tell your personal story: How will the reduction in the film tax credit and ensuing loss of jobs and business affect you? Mention what it means to you on a personal level to have film and TV jobs available in the state.
2. Give specific examples of positive economic impact that has resulted from film and TV production: Share how you have personally experienced and seen positive economic impact in your local community.
3. Specifically Mention that you want to keep the credit at 30%. With production budgets so tight, even a 5% reduction in the credit will mean that production companies and studios will look elsewhere to shoot, and blue collar entertainment workers in Connecticut will have to cross state lines to find work, resulting in a loss of tax income for the state.
Please click the button below to sign up.
It is important that if you do plan on testifying In Person or Virtually, you also need to submit your Written Testimony as well.
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
SAVE OUR TAX CREDIT. The lawmakers want and need to hear from you! Everyone must pitch in to protect our industry and our jobs. Let’s tell our personal stories and convince the lawmakers on the Finance Committee that it is extremely important to VOTE NO on this section of the bill. Lowering the film tax credit would drive business to other states, decimating our industry in the state, leaving many of us out of work.
JOIN THE ALLIANCE
We would love to have you join the Connecticut Film and TV Alliance. Be a part of a movement to build and create a strong and long-lasting entertainment industry in our great state.
