Stop saying you're going to do, and start DOING! The below quote is great advice to anyone who wants to accomplish anything! As a producer I spend 12-14 hours a day, when I'm in between jobs, networking, learning something new and moving the next production forward. I also incorporate time for family & exercise, which by the way when you stop thinking about work for an hour or so sporadically, the answers and solutions come naturally. But you have to be regimented, goal oriented and ask questions to those smarter than you with anything you want to accomplish and not be afraid to fail, that's how we learn.
“Advice? I don’t have advice. Stop aspiring and start writing. If you’re writing, you’re a writer. Write like you’re a goddamn death row inmate and the governor is out of the country and there’s no chance for a pardon. Write like you’re clinging to the edge of a cliff, white knuckles, on your last breath, and you’ve got just one last thing to say, like you’re a bird flying over us and you can see everything, and please, for God’s sake, tell us something that will save us from ourselves. Take a deep breath and tell us your deepest, darkest secret, so we can wipe our brow and know that we’re not alone. Write like you have a message from the king. Or don’t. Who knows, maybe you’re one of the lucky ones who doesn’t have to.”- Alan Watts Author- Producer Jennifer Hutchins
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Turns out the 2018 tax bill helps the entertainment business! Section 181 provides 100% tax deduction for motion picture production. Simply put, investment in film or television is 100% tax deductible in the same year invested and can be applied to active or passive income. Investors can be individuals or businesses and can invest up to $20,000,000 in productions which have at least seventy-five percent of its production completed within the United States. There is no minimum film production budget cost. TV pilots, TV episodes (up to 44), music videos, feature films, short films all qualify for Section 181. There is no expectation for film distribution or completion. Section 181 is retroactive. The motion picture's corporation (LLC) issues Schedule K-1's to the investors so they can take advantage of Section 181.
Investing in film is way less risky than before using the tax rebates and incentives within a state for money spent on film combined with the benefits of Section 181. For example, if a tax payer is in the is in the thirty-five percent (35%) tax bracket and a qualifying film is shot in Texas, which has a tax credit up to twenty-percent (22.5%) for in-state spend more than $3.5M, an investor will be eligible to recapture conceptually fifty-five percent (57.5%) of their investment in a qualifying production. The investor could have this money before the film is released and/or makes back any money. This type of investment assurance is hard to come by in today's economy. |
AuthorJennifer Hutchins has produced over 200 episodes of hit TV shows, branded content and films. Archives
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