On Tuesday, February 12th, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (the “NJEDA”) approved a $6,060,631 award under the Film & Digital Media Tax Credit Program (the “Program”) for a New York-based production company seeking to relocate to New Jersey.

The Program allows for a tax credit equal to 30 percent of qualified film production expenses, or 35 percent of qualified film production expenses incurred for services performed and tangible personal property purchased through vendors whose primary place of business is located in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer or Salem County.

To be eligible, an applicant must either spend 60 percent of the total film production expenses (exclusive of post-production costs) on services and goods purchased through vendors authorized to do business in New Jersey, or incur over $1 million (per production) on qualified film production expenses (expenses incurred in New Jersey for the production of a film).

Chris J. Murphy, Esq. led the firm’s successful effort on behalf of the applicant.

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