NEW BUDGET INCLUDES BOOST TO STATE’S FILM INDUSTRY

The new Pennsylvania state budget includes some incentives to help the state’s film-making industry.  The Post-Gazette dot com reports the new tax code officially increased the film tax incentive from 70 to 100-million-dollars. The budget also provided for five million to go to Pennsylvania film producers. Some 11 projects filmed in southwestern Pennsylvania last year reportedly had an economic impact of more than 300-million-dollars.