STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 143
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2021
RE: H.B. No. 1174
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2021
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Economic Development, to which was referred H.B. No. 1174 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The
purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Amend the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit by:
(A) Reducing the cap amount and aggregate cap amount of the credit;
(B) Establishing
a maximum amount of above-the-line costs that may be used to claim the credit;
(C) Reducing the minimum amount of qualified
productions costs needed to claim the credit;
(D) Requiring qualified production costs to be
incurred through a qualified vendor;
(E) Requiring at least seventy-five percent of a
qualified production to be filmed in the State if the taxpayer claims a credit
in excess of $5,000,000 in a single taxable year; and
(F) Requiring that the State receive a percentage
of the worldwide gross revenues of a qualified production if the taxpayer
claims credits in excess of an aggregate amount of $15,000,000 in two taxable
years;
(2) Define
"above-the-line costs" and "qualified vendor"; and
(3) Extend the repeal date of the tax credit from January 1, 2026, to January 1, 2033.
Your Committee finds that the film industry
in Hawaii is an important component of a diversified economy and that the
motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit is an
effective means of stimulating the economy and creating quality jobs while
promoting Hawaii as a visitor destination.
Amending certain criteria for the motion picture, digital media, and
film production income tax credit, including extending its repeal date, will
provide stability and predictable economic incentives for the film industry and
people employed in the film industry in the State.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Deleting provisions that would have allowed the
State to receive a percentage
of the worldwide gross revenues of a qualified production if a taxpayer claimed
credits in excess of an aggregate amount of $15,000,000 in two taxable years;
(2) Inserting
language the requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and
Tourism to post on its website the names of the qualified productions and the amount
of tax credits claimed per qualified production per filing year;
(3) Clarifying
that the total tax credits claimed per qualified production shall not exceed
$12,000,000;
(4) Changing
the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and
(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1174, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1174, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development,
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____________________________ SEAN QUINLAN, Chair |
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