CA Tax Incentive 2025

California passes its tax incentive increase to $750M/year.

This would double the amount of money allocated to the program from $330M to $750M.

The bill extends the tax credit to:

• $75M for indies (3x the previous $26M allocation)

• 35%/project (up from 20%)

• TV shows with episodes running 20 min (previously: 4o min)

• animation films, series, shorts, and large-scale competition shows (with budgets of $1M or more)

• Double tax incentives to $750M, increasing funded films by 50%

This increase from the current $330M/year would help bring production back to the state after COVID, labor strikes, an M&A hellscape, and the wildfires.

Recently, the California Film Commission awarded a record 38 indie films with tax credits: