Posted by
Defend America on Friday, January 29, 2010 11:34:56 PM
Michael Moore's Anti-Greed Film May Receive Michigan Tax Credit
FOXNews.com
The
Mackinac Center checked with the Michigan Film Office and learned that
a "production person" had applied for a state tax credit for Moore's
"Capitalism: A Love Story," partly filmed in Michigan
The liberal documentary filmmaker Michael Moore
has been a critic of state tax credits for Hollywood films, but did one
of his own films benefit from one of those credits in his home state of
Michigan?
It seems so, according to a report by the Mackinac Center for Public
Policy, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and educational institute
focusing on issues in Michigan.
The center checked with the Michigan Film Office and learned that a
"production person" had applied for one of the tax credits for "Capitalism: A Love Story," Moore's 2009 film about corporate greed, parts of which were filmed in Michigan.
The state offers refundable tax credits of up to 42 percent to film
productions for shooting movies and spending money in Michigan -- an
incentive similar to one offered by numerous other states to entice
Hollywood and bolster the local economy.
Moore's production has qualified to receive a tax credit from
Michigan, the film office told the Mackinac Center, once the state
Treasury Department reviews and approves the application. It wasn't
immediately clear how much money the film qualified for.
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/01/29/michael-moores-anti-greed-film-receive-michigan-tax-credit/