TAX INCENTIVES
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
We need to make sure the Lawmakers pay attention and show your support for the Film Industry in Connecticut!
We need to convince the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee to support the film production tax credit.
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.
Virtual/In Person Testimony
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.
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).
Written Testimony
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:
1. Tell your personal story: How the elimination of the film tax credit and ensuing loss of jobs and business will affect you. Also 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: How you have personally experienced and seen positive economic impact in your local community.
3. Mention the following points that we are pushing forward to protect ourindustry in the future:
a. Bringing Back the Film Commission: Restoring the Connecticut Film Commission will provide essential support, information and resources for lawmakers, state agencies and filmmakers to help with management of the film and TV tax incentive programs.
b. Lifting the Moratorium on Theatrical Films: Currently, theatrical films do not qualify for Connecticut’s tax incentive. By lifting the moratorium on theatrical film production, we will be able to maximize the opportunities to being more productions and job opportunities to the state. This would be in line with the deep changes to the entertainment industry, as there will be a anticipated 45% reduction in television production and a massive move to produce more feature films geared toward theatrical release.
Interested in this committee?
TAKE ACTION
Please take action and submit testimony, and 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!
WE NEED YOUR HELP
We need make sure that the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee knows how important the film production tax credit is for our industry in the state!
JOIN THE ALLIANCE
We would love to have join the the Connecticut Film and TV Alliance. Be a part of a movement to building and creating a strong and long-lasting Entertainment Industry in our great State.
