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Committee trims cap, narrows sales-tax exemption for Kansas film and digital media incentives and approves bill
Summary
Senate Bill 52, proposing film and digital media tax incentives, was amended to lower the annual cap and to limit sales-tax exemptions; the committee approved the bill as amended.
The Senate Committee on Commerce advanced Senate Bill 52, the proposed Kansas Film and Digital Media Production Development Act, after adopting several amendments that narrowed the program's scale and how sales-tax benefits would apply.
Senate Bill 52 would establish two types of tax incentives for eligible film and digital media projects produced in Kansas: an income-tax credit tied to production or post-production expenditures (subject to Secretary of Commerce approval) and a possible sales-tax exemption for production-related purchases. The bill as presented would have applied for tax years 2025 through 2034 and included an…
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