While some states are debating whether they should have film tax incentives at all, others are starting to offer cold, hard cash to attract Hollywood production. Montana just joined the ranks of those offering cash benefits to filmmakers.
In January, Los Angeles Times business columnist Michael Hiltzik wrote a piece dealing with the movement of a manufacturing firm out of California. He used the loss of the firm to lament the difficulties faced by the state’s manufacturers and the fact California lacks any industrial development policy. In March, the paper’s Sacramento columnist, George Skelton, wrote an article citing the difficulties being created for the state by misuse of the CEQA process. Key observers thus appear to be starting to understand that our state government, with Democrats now controlling every constitutional office and veto proof majorities in both houses, has done little to worry about California’s prosperity and the huge portion of its residents with high school or less educations. As the Chief Economist of the Inland Empire Economic Partnership, I have had to worry about these facts as they directly affect the region about which we are concerned.
Businesses across California could have access to state tax credits similar to those previously limited to economically challenged areas, under a plan by Gov. Jerry Brown. The governor unveiled the proposal in May as part of his 2014 budget revise.
A broad swath of countries around the world are seizing on the continued absence of entrepreneur-friendly U.S. immigration reform to sell startups on setting up shop abroad.
A broad swath of countries around the world are seizing on the continued absence of entrepreneur-friendly U.S. immigration reform to sell startups on setting up shop abroad.
ACR 48, which designated May as “Start a Small Business Month” and highlights economic policies that encourage the success of small businesses in California was voted down by the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Development .
. . . comparing the states on 118 different variables in the five important areas of taxation (major business taxes, individual income taxes, sales taxes, unemployment insurance taxes, and property taxes) . . . while also measuring the general competitiveness of their overall tax systems.
. . . estimate of the combined state and local tax burden shouldered by the residents of each of the fifty states.
“. . . ties together 44 major government-imposed or government-related costs impacting small businesses and entrepreneurs across a broad spectrum of industries and types of businesses”
Ranking the States on Policy Measures and Costs Impacting Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Analysis of business climate rankings compared to California’s historical growth rates
. . . explores how reasonable and balanced the states’ tort liability systems are perceived to be by U.S. business.
. . . uses 26 indicators, divided into those five key areas that best capture what is new about the New Economy:
. . . measures six vital categories for businesses: costs, labor supply, regulatory environment, current economic climate, growth prospects and quality of life.
. . . scored all 50 states on 51 measures of competitiveness developed with input from business groups