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Ohio academic urges $75 million, no-sunset motion-picture tax credit to build local film jobs

3717158 · May 30, 2025
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Scott Titsworth, dean at Ohio University’s Scripps College of Communication, testified in favor of raising the Ohio motion-picture and entertainment tax credit to $75 million and removing a sunset clause to attract studios and keep graduates in-state.

A dean from Ohio University urged the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday to make the state’s motion-picture and entertainment tax credit more durable and raise the cap to $75 million with no sunset clause, arguing that permanent, larger incentives would signal to production companies to build infrastructure and locate long-term operations in Ohio.

"Higher tax credit could unlock that," said Scott Titsworth, dean of the Scripps College of Communication (speaking…

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