Tax Credits

New Orleans is flourishing with film work for actors and extras. This is thanks to the following legislation:

·    Investor Tax Credit (Act No. 6, Senate Bill 108 and Act 1240, House Bill 892)

·    Employment/Labor Tax Credit (Act No. 1, House Bill 17)

·    Sales and Use Tax Exclusion (Act No. 5, Senate Bill 85)

Read a Summary of the 2005 Motion Pictures Incentives (123KB).

Read articles regarding these tax incentives from the New Orleans Times-Picayune.