When it comes to production incentives, EP is the industry resource. The EP Financial Solutions team is the industry's largest and most experienced incentives team, drawing on unparalleled expertise in maximizing your U.S. and foreign incentives. And for EP clients, the benefits are vast. You receive customized payroll reports and/or guidance to accurately track qualified fringes.
We currently have incentive offices in Alabama, Alaska, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Utah, with more to open soon. We coordinate and represent your production or studio with the applicable film office or local branch of government administering the film incentive. We also offer planning opportunities to qualify your production expenditures incurred out-of-state but used in certain film production jurisdictions. Additionally, we offer the monetization of incentives, which can provide a substantial portion of your production budget.
Why wait for the financial rewards of a production incentive when you can monetize up front?
We offer the monetization of incentives, which can provide a substantial portion of your production budget. Our experienced team, with more than 100 collective years of experience, will review your production materials, make an assessment of the amount of incentive you'll be eligible for, and then lend you the cash so that you can put it to work on your production.
Our pricing is determined by several factors, including, but not limited to:
- Jurisdiction
- Timing of credit certification
- Amount of the principal needed
- Anticipated loan period
Our EP Financial Solutions group is the film and television industry's largest and most experienced production incentives team, and has assisted productions all over the world with total expenditures exceeding $6.5 billion. We are confident we can help you and your financing partners design a plan that's appropriate for your project and meets all your needs.
Please contact John Hadity via email or at 646.473.9016 if you would like more information on our financing services.
EP Financial Solutions offers production incentives administrative services, including, but not limited to, the following:
- Preparation and submission of film incentive applications, including any final paperwork
- Close coordination with the film office/state agency, the production accounting office, auditors (if any), and the state revenue department (if applicable) to ensure proper record keeping and documentation are maintained to maximize and substantiate incentives
- Review and monitoring of costs to ensure proper "flagging" of all eligible spend
- Budget vetting for financial institutions, third-party investors or film tax credit purchasers
Please contact us via email or at 818.955.6243 or if you would like more information regarding our production incentive administrative services.
Trust the experts to sell your transferable tax credits. Through us, you'll have access to our exclusive network of Fortune 100 and high net worth clients to get the best price for your credits.
We'll work closely with your legal department and the buyer directly to ensure that the transaction is fairly and responsibly executed and that the payment is expedited.
Why use EP Financial Solutions?
- Reliability and dependability
- Competitive pricing
- Step-by-step guidance to help you get your money as soon as possible
- Unparalleled tax credit expertise
- Experience placing film tax credits in key transferrable tax credit states
- No credit is too big or too small for us to place
Please contact Marco Cordova via email or at 818.955.6278 if you would like more information regarding our tax credit placement services.
Along with free, basic guidance in navigating the world of production/tax incentives, current and prospective clients using Entertainment Partners' payroll services will receive the following services and benefits at no extra charge:
- Setup for payroll purposes to maximize your production incentives in key incentives states.
- Customized payroll reports and/or guidance to accurately track qualified fringes pursuant to applicable requirements.
- Expert guidance and consultation from Entertainment Partners' Incentive Solutions Group to help maximize your U.S. and foreign incentives.
Maximization of your production incentives through EP Incentives Offices in Alabama, Alaska, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Utah --with more coming soon. - Coordination and representation of your production or studio with the applicable film office or local branch of government administering the film incentive.
Make sure you capture all possible qualified spend with EPPS Purchasing, Inc., the leading point-of-sale company in the industry. EPPS is an established vendor with the necessary "brick and mortar" presence and taxable nexus to be a vendor for film incentive purposes in select state jurisdictions.
EPPS offers production equipment, supplies, and items that may not be readily available in a particular jurisdiction. The purchase and/or rental of such items may be considered qualified spend for a particular state's film incentive, depending on the type of item.
Some of the advantages of using EPPS Purchasing, Inc. for your next project include:
- Reputation among industry merchants and proven track record of providing fast, efficient, and personalized point of sale services for productions of all sizes.
- Clients may immediately use vendors from the EPPS Participating Vendor List without having to apply for credit or provide references.
- Discounts available from select EPPS participating vendors.
- Mitigation of double taxation, to the extent possible, through sales and use tax planning and issuance of resale exemption certificates.
- Optional use of EPPS online services in select markets.
EPPS Purchasing, Inc. operates in the following states:
- Alabama
571 Park Avenue
Hoover, AL 35226
Phone: 818.955.6216
- Alaska
255 E. Fireweed Lane, Suite 1
Anchorage, AK 99503
Phone: 907.263.9360
- Connecticut
1200 High Ridge Road, 3rd Floor
Stamford, CT 06905
Phone: 203.291.9399
Open Monday - Friday 9:00 am to 6:00 pm by appointment
and outside normal office hours by special appointment.
- Georgia
EUE/Screen Gems
175 Lakewood Way #316
Atlanta, GA 30315
Phone: 404.333.6591
Open Monday - Friday 9:00 am to 5:30 pm by appointment
and outside normal office hours by special appointment.
- Louisiana
935 Gravier Street, Suite 1110
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 504.296.2502 or 504.524.9437
Open Monday - Friday 9:00 am to 6:00 pm by appointment
and outside normal office hours by special appointment.
- New Mexico
5650 University Blvd. SE
Production Bldg. A, Room 231
Albuquerque, NM 87106
Phone: 505.227.2240
- North Carolina
EUE/Screen Gems
1223 23rd St. North
Wilmington, NC 28405
Phone: 910.343.3535
- Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh
109 Dewalt, Suite 100
Pittsburgh, PA 15227
Phone: 412.956.7325
- Pennsylvania - Aston
Sun Center Studios
63 Concord Rd., Suite 100
Aston, PA 19014
Phone: 610.717.4221
Please contact Marco Cordova via email or at 818.955.6278 to start using EPPS for your next production or for any questions regarding our services.
Want to be a participating EPPS Purchasing, Inc., vendor? Please contact Mary Ann McBride via email or at 412.956.7325 for more information.
- Super loan-out services are available to help qualify nonresident performing artists (individuals and loan-out companies) for your New Mexico production.
- In an effort to allow our clients to maximize their production incentives, EP maintains local Workers' Compensation policies in the following states: Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
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We've redesigned our new essential guide to production incentives with you in mind! The Guide: An Essential Resource for Global Production Incentives, 2012, 1st Edition has the following new features:
- Spiral Binding
- Larger book format (6" x 9")
- Extra margin space for notes
- Section tabs for easy navigation
- Foldout matrices for easy side-by-side comparison
- Tear-out "Overview of U.S. Production Incentives" poster
The Guide is an invaluable resource for making informed decisions on where to shoot your next production and how to reduce overall production costs. To order your copy of The Guide at no charge, click here.