Debate could resume in the Missouri Senate this week on a bill that would get rid of expiration dates on several laws and programs. It includes the state’s film tax credit program that’s designed to lure movie and TV producers to the Show-Me State.
Andrea Sporcic, Director of the Missouri Film Commission, said that Missouri is getting bigger projects than it was able to get without the incentive.
“We’re stealing things from Canada. We’re stealing things from Atlanta. We’ve been trying to, like, build it as we go, because we lost a lot of crew in the ten years we didn’t have an incentive,” Sporcic told KMOX Radio in St. Louis. “So now, a year later, we have a lot more crew here. We’ve got a lot more support companies.”
Missouri’s film tax credits were reauthorized nearly two years ago, and since then business has been booming.
“2024 (was) our first full year, and we’ve had 39 projects filmed in the state. So, it’s pretty, pretty wonderful,” Sporcic said. “We’ve had four projects that have budgets over a million dollars, like that’s the difference.”
The film tax credits are set to expire in 2029, unless they are eventually renewed by the legislature.
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