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Committee advances film tax-credit cleanup bill, allows application fees and 'loser pays' appeals
Summary
HB 475, a code-cleanup and clarification for the film tax credit program that authorizes nominal processing fees and a loser-pay rule for appeals, advanced from committee 6–1 after debate over fees and competitiveness.
The Senate Economic Development Committee advanced House Bill 475 after a contentious committee vote, 6–1, approving a bill described by its presenter as a non-substantive cleanup of the state’s film tax credit statute that includes authority for the department to charge nominal processing fees and a loser-pays provision for appeals.
Representative Gamble told the committee, “this is not substantive tax policy change on the film tax credit. This is a bill…
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