In a state where the sun always shines, California’s film tax credits seem to be the script for success. On July 10, 2023, Governor Newsom signed legislation to extend and expand California’s $330 million-a-year Film and TV Tax Credit Program 3.0 for an additional five years, meaning the original expiration date of June 30, 2025 has been extended through June 30, 2030.[1] Following this recent expansion, the program, now dubbed “Program 4.0,” has already enticed upcoming productions scouting other locations to reconsider. Colleen Bell, the Director of the California Film Commission, says that just during the first half of 2024, the state has already attracted 12 new and one relocating television series to California.[2] As evidence of that, we see Universal Content Productions LLC received one of the largest credits worth $12 million for the first season of “Suits: L.A.”, which helped ignite the shift from production in Canada to production in California.[3] This spinoff alone is expected to spend $50.7 million and create about 2,600 jobs in California.[4]Continue Reading Lights, Camera, Tax Breaks: California’s Updated Film Incentives