Doyle Proposes Ending Film Tax Credits
If you were waiting to get work from the Film Wisconsin bill you had better get it quick. The Governor topped the Department of Commerce's proposal to cap the film program at $5 million by proposing to end it. The replacement program would allow the D.O.C. to award up to $500,000 a year in grants to film and video project that create permanent jobs in Wisconsin.I can't wait to see how a "project" is defined. Hey, it could be worse, he could be letting criminals out of prison to save money.
The Audit Trail
Chapter 77SUBCHAPTER III
GENERAL SALES AND USE TAX
Badger Guide is currently collecting information from companies that have been audited or are currently being audited by Wisconsin's Department of Revenue, Sales and Use tax division.
Wisconsin has a $5 billion deficit and the Governors solution is to use the Department of Revenue to intimidate local companies into paying more taxes. The D.O.R. lacks realistic definitions related to film and video work. They are still referencing the 1976 court case Associated Wedding Photographers, Inc. vs Wisconsin Department of Revenue. They do not understand the film and video business and I doubt they understand their own law.
Take the Badger Guide challenge; interpret this part of the Sales and Use Tax law:
| 77.51(4)(c)5 If a lessor of tangible personal property reimbursed the vendor for sales tax on the sale of the property by the vendor to the lessor, the tax due from the lessor on the rental receipts may be offset by a credit equal to, but not exceeding, the tax otherwise due on the rental receipts from this property for the reporting period. The credit shall expire when the cumulative rental receipts equal the sales price upon which the vendor paid sales taxes to this state. If a purchaser of tangible personal property reimbursed the vendor of the property for sales tax on the sale and subsequently, prior to making any use of the property other than retention, demonstration or display while holding it for sale or rental, makes a taxable sale of the property, the tax due on the taxable sale may be offset by the tax reimbursed. |
From the Set
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Campaign ads for the upcoming general election on April 7, 2009. Note to TMJ4: This is not a set. |
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Milwaukee MCA-I March Meeting
Masters of FX - Dieter Sturm & Matthew StrattonWednesday, March 4th
Marx Creative, 3100 W. Vera Avenue in Glendale - map
5:30 to 6:30 - Social Hour, Networking and Refreshments
6:30 to 8:30 - Presentations
Members and Students Free. Non-Members $5
RSVP requested to RSVP@MCAI-Milwaukee.org
Discussions on how to approach using live-action vs computer effects and how to integrate the two. Full-service live-action special effects, that include all environments (snow, rain, wind, fog), mechanical devices, special rigging, weapons, pyro, and specialized props. Plus, how to budget for live-action effects.
Dieter Sturm - snowmaker.com
Matthew Stratton - mtsspecialfx.com
