(A) Production title, date submitted, production category, principal photography start date, post production end date, estimated tax credit, Application Jobs Ratio, applicant entity and taxpayer ID number; Identify if the applicant is a corporation, limited liability company, individual proprietorship, subchapter S corporation, partnership, or other. If Relocating TV Series is selected under production category dropdown menu, for fiscal years 2021-22 and 2022-23, by checking the box, Applicant attests that the television series (without regard to episode length or initial media exhibition) that wishes to relocate to California has a minimum budget of at least $1 million per episode, filmed at least 75% of principal photography days for at least one episode outside of California, and has not filmed more than 25% of principal photography days for any episode inside of California. (A definition of the applicant that will receive the tax credit is included as per section 5520(b)).

(A) Enter the contact type and provide the contact name, title, address, email and phone for each of the following, as applicable: applicant contact, primary contact, production company contact, parent company contact, budget and schedule contact.

(A) List the following information for financing sources:

(B) For Independents: List names of all equity investors including, without limitations, all partners (including percentage of ownership). Attest that applicant entity is not owned directly or indirectly more than 25% by a publicly traded company.

(A) If it is a new television series indicate if TV Pilot was initially accepted in the program, number of episodes, and confirm over forty (40) minutes of running time exclusive of commercials. If it is a relocating television series indicate previous location, number of episodes previously shot and number of episodes included in this season. Indicate if the previous season was filmed in California and if so, the number of principal photography days inside California and outside California. (The previous question is disabled if the applicant attests in Section (1)(A) that their relocating television series falls under the definition in Section 5520(ff) for fiscal years 2021-22 and 2022-23.) If it is a mini-series, indicate the number of episodes and confirm over forty (40) minutes of running time exclusive of commercials.

(B) Production schedule. Provide start date of principal photography, end date of principal photography, estimated end date of post-production and projected or actual release date.

(C) Key Creatives: Provide names of executive producer(s), producer(s), writer(s), director, lead actor(s), director of photography, and location manager.

(D) Synopsis. The synopsis must be a minimum of 1600 and a maximum of 6000 characters and include a description of the main characters, plotline, beginning and ending, and major scene descriptions.

(A) Principal photography (PP) Days.

(B) If shooting outside of Los Angeles zone, indicate the California counties where filming will occur.

(C) If shooting outside California, indicate state and/or country where filming will occur.

(A) Provide the following information regarding labor statistics for in-state work:

(B) Provide the following budget information.

(C) Visual Effects: (excludes independent films with qualified expenditure budgets of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) or less). Provide total worldwide VFX budget amount, total California VFX budget amount, and total California VFX budget eligible for bonus points. Indicate if the total California qualified VFX is equal or greater than 75% of total worldwide VFX budget or if the California qualified VFX is at least ten million dollars ($10,000,000).

(A) Out of zone Uplift. (Non-Independent productions excluding relocating TV series)

(B) Local Hire Labor Uplift: Total of out of zone local hire labor eligible for additional tax credits (includes independent films and relocating TV series).

(C) Total California Qualified Visual Effects (VFX) Uplift and/or bonus points. (excludes independent films with qualified expenditure budgets of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) or less). Total dollar amount for California VFX eligible for additional 5% tax credit and/or additional bonus points.

(D) Music Wages: (excludes independent films with qualified expenditure budgets of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) or less).

Enter total California music scoring wages eligible for bonus points.

(E) Total Additional Tax Credit: The online application will automatically calculate the following: The total out of zone amount (non-independent productions only) and total California VFX amount and total local hire labor amount (includes independents and relocating TV series) which is eligible for an additional tax credit.

(A) Qualified Wages

(B) Qualified Non-wages

(C) If applicable, enter total contingency, which can be no more than 10% of qualified expenditures. The contingency cannot be included as a line-item within the body of the budget.

(D) If applicable, enter total completion bond fee, which can be no more than 2% of qualified expenditures. The completion bond fee cannot be included as a line-item in the body of the budget. Completion bond costs for any filming outside of California must be excluded proportionately.

(E) Total qualified expenditures.

(F) Total tax credit uplifts

Total qualified expenditures shall be multiplied by 25% if production category is an independent film or relocating television series; totals in this section shall be multiplied by 20% for all other production categories. (Credit allocation applies only to the first ten million ($10,000,000) of qualified expenditures for independent films and the first ten million ($10,000,000) of qualified expenditures eligible for uplifts. Credit allocation applies only to the first one hundred million ($100,000,000) of qualified expenditures for non-independent productions and the first one hundred million ($100,000,000) of qualified expenditures eligible for uplifts.)

(G) Total tax credit uplift amount.

(H) Total tax credit amount including uplifts.

(A) Clicking submit on the Application Summary is the applicant's acknowledgement, agreement and certification that the applicant has read and reviewed the application, including all its attachments, and that the content provided in the application by the applicant is true and accurate to the best of his or her knowledge or at least the knowledge of what would be expected of a reasonable person in the same capacity.

(B) Provide name, title, and date.

(A) Qualified wage expenditures and qualified non-wage expenditures. If applicable, also indicate costs which will be incurred outside the Los Angeles zone during the applicable period.

(B) For non-independent productions (excluding relocating TV series in their first season in California) indicate those accounts for which an additional five percent (5%) tax credit is allowed for qualified expenditures purchased or rented and used outside the Los Angeles zone during preproduction through strike on location; qualified visual effects if at least ten million dollars ($10,000,000) or seventy-five percent (75%) of worldwide visual effects paid or incurred in the state; and qualified wages for services performed outside the Los Angeles zone during preproduction through strike by individuals who reside within the Los Angeles Zone. Productions shall also indicate those accounts for which an additional ten percent (10%) tax credit is allowed for local hire labor.

(C) A television series shall submit a qualified expenditure budget including all pattern and amortization costs, or separate amortization and pattern budgets. The budget shall be in an industry standard budgeting program uploaded to the online application. The Production Budget shall indicate, as applicable, the information required in subsection (k) (1)(A) and (B) above.

(D) For independent films and relocating television series in their first season in California, indicate those accounts for which an additional five percent (5%) tax credit is allowed for local hire labor.

(A) A television series may submit in PDF or equivalent format, a production calendar, including: the start and end dates of the season, the number of in-state and out-of-state principal photography days, holidays, and the total number of episodes in lieu of a one-line shooting schedule. The production calendar must indicate which days are scheduled for filming outside the Los Angeles zone.

(A) The original applicant entity must submit a statement on company letterhead declaring that they no longer retain the project and specify the business entity that will take over the project, including that business entity's taxpayer ID.

(B) The applicant entity taking over the project must submit:

(C) A qualified motion picture project described in paragraph (2) above can only be transferred to a different business entity prior to the start of principal photography.