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	<title>FilmUSA.org &#187; MI News</title>
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		<title>MICHIGAN film Jobs in Flux as Debate Rolls On</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of the Entertainment Economy Institute:
The Detroit News
Louis Aguilar
April 29, 2010
In the two years since Michigan adopted the most generous film incentives in the country, critics continue to question whether the tax breaks are generating enough of what the state needs most: jobs.
Production executives and union officials who represent film workers say the tax breaks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MICHIGAN-Releases Notice Explaining Qualified Vendors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of Cast &#038; Crew Incentives Program:
Today, the Michigan Department of Treasury released a notice explaining their position on film production credit qualified vendors.   The Michigan Department of Treasury and the Michigan Film Office, will not make determinations or issue letters designating who is, or is not, a qualified vendor for purposes of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan Proposed Legislation Would Remove Refundability</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 13:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bill which was introduced would remove the refundability aspect of the current incentive.  For agreements entered into on or after April 16, 2010, if the tax credit allowed exceeds the tax liability of the company for the tax year, the excess will no longer be refunded.
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		<title>MICHIGAN: Proposed Bill Would Require &#8220;Filmed In Michigan&#8221; Logo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The current law includes language that a production company must include an acknowledgment that the production was film in Michigan.  If passed, this bill will require all qualified productions to include, at a minimum,  a &#8220;Filmed in Michigan&#8221; logo in the end credits similar in size and placement to other logos. In the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan&#8217;s Infrastructure Expands with Opening of 3D Screening Room</title>
		<link>http://www.filmusa.org/MI/minews/michigans-infrastructure-expands-with-opening-of-3d-screening-room/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michigan&#8217;s infrastructure continues to expand, with the opening of With a Twist Studio&#8217;s 3D Screening room in Michigan, first in the state.  The screening room complement&#8217;s With a Twist&#8217;s CGI, VFX and 3-D facility in Rochester Hills, MI.  The website is www.withatwiststudio.com.
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		<title>MI Update-Governor Submits Report for Increase for Movie Tax Credit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of the budget process, Governor Granholm submits a report detailing all tax breaks given up to the state.  Included in that list for her next budget is an increase from $116 million to $155 million for the &#8220;movie tax credit.&#8221; 
http://michiganmessenger.com/34746/granholm-reports-on-state-tax-breaks
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		<title>A Hollywood Education In Metro Detroit</title>
		<link>http://www.filmusa.org/MI/minews/a-hollywood-education-in-metro-detroit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Michigan Tightens Regulations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(as advised by Incentives Office)
The Michigan Department of Treasury has advised producers to anticipate up to a 60 day wait to receive their Post-Production Certificates; previously, producers assumed that applications submitted prior to December 15 would be OK.  (The Post Production Certificate may not be requested until the CPA audit has been completed and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit poised to pass new budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Granholm says lawmakers to pass budget next month
MARK HORNBECK
Detroit News Lansing Bureau
Lansing &#8212; Gov. Jennifer Granholm predicted today lawmakers will pass a budget next month and avoid an Oct. 1 state government shutdown despite &#8220;tempers flaring&#8221; in budget talks.
She also said she does not want to &#8220;gut&#8221; the state&#8217;s film incentive program and indicated revenue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And the winner is&#8230;metro Detroit &#8211; State&#8217;s tax breaks draw filmmakers</title>
		<link>http://www.filmusa.org/MI/minews/and-the-winner-is-metro-detroit-states-tax-breaks-draw-filmmakers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY KATHERINE YUNG • FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER • July 21, 2009
Watching crews do a midnight filming of a burning house north of Chelsea for the Robert DeNiro thriller &#8220;Stone.&#8221; Delivering a speech at the 50th anniversary celebration of &#8220;Anatomy of a Murder,&#8221; the 1959 James Stewart drama filmed in Marquette. Running an office in [...]]]></description>
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