Month: December 2018

On Monday, December 17, 2018, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) released the much-awaited application for the NJ Film Tax Credit Program.

Created by legislation passed earlier this year, the Film & Digital Media Tax Credit Program will allow for taxpayers (in most cases, production companies) to seek a tax credit for qualified film production and digital media content production expenses. Applications will be approved by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) and the Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury. Approved applicants are entitled to claim a credit against CBT or GIT liability in an amount equal to 30 percent (35 percent in limited cases) of the qualified film production expenses or 20 percent (25 percent in limited cases) of the qualified digital media content production expenses.

Importantly, the NJEDA only released the application for the film production component of the program. The digital media application is expected to be released in January 2019. The full press release from the NJEDA can be found here: https://www.njeda.com/filmtaxcreditapplicationrelease

If interested in learning more this program or any other economic incentive program, please do not hesitate to contact Chris Murphy at (973) 877-6984 or cmurphy@murphyllp.com.
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On November 26, 2018, Assemblywoman Eliana Pintor Marin introduced legislation to amend and extend the Grow New Jersey Assistance Program (“Grow NJ”). Among the changes to the current program, the bill provides certain reductions and expansions to the ability of a business to qualify for tax credits under the program, including new limits on the size of awards for new and retained jobs, and an extension of the deadline to apply for tax credits to July 2023 (the Grow NJ program is currently set to expire in July 2019).

Created under the Economic Opportunity Act of 2013, the Grow NJ program has been wildly popular and incredibly successful. Since its implementation, 250 projects have received awards, totaling over $4.7 billion in tax credits. Approved applicants generally have three years to certify, or complete, a project. A project is deemed complete when the applicant has hired or retained the number of employees listed in its application, and satisfied the program’s capital investment requirements. Once certified, the 250 projects will drive over $4.5 billion in private capital investment, create over 32,000 new jobs, and retain over 35,000 jobs at risk of leaving the State.

The full text of the legislation can be found here: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A5000/4730_I1.PDF

If interested in learning more about Grow NJ or any other economic incentive program, please do not hesitate to contact Chris Murphy at (973) 877-6984 or cmurphy@murphyllp.com.