Production companies spending at least $250,000 in DC on film, TV, video, interactive or media infrastructure projects can receive a cash rebate on qualified production, personnel, job-training and infrastructure spending, subject to available funds.
A cash rebate fund (not a tax credit) that, subject to the availability of funds, pays eligible production companies a percentage of qualified spending in the District on movies, television shows and other video productions, plus job-training and media infrastructure investment. Rates effective October 1, 2026 include 25% of qualified production expenditures subject to DC taxation, 20% of qualified resident personnel expenditures, 50% of qualified job training expenditures and 25% of base infrastructure investment. Applicants must spend at least $250,000 in the District, and applications must be received and approved before principal photography starts. The page publishes no application window.
Eligible production company producing movies, television shows, or other video productions in the District (infrastructure projects also eligible)
Must spend at least $250,000 directly in the District of Columbia on qualified expenditures
Must submit an application and enter into an incentive agreement with OCTFME
Must not be delinquent in any tax obligation owed to the District of Columbia
Rebate applications must be received and approved before the start of principal photography
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