Colorado film tax incentives
Cash rebateUp to 22%
Colorado offers a 20% cash rebate, plus an uplift worth up to 2% more, for a maximum stacked rate of roughly 22%. Minimum qualifying spend is $100,000.
At a glance
- Program type
- Cash rebate
- Base rate
- 20%
- Minimum spend
- $100,000
- Annual program cap
- No annual cap listed
- Per-project cap
- No per-project cap listed
- Refundable / transferable
- Neither
- Application required
- Yes
- CPA audit required
- Not specified
Bonuses and uplifts
These add to the base rate when the production meets the stated condition. Stacking rules vary — confirm with the film office before relying on a combined figure.
- Local infrastructure / rural / marginalized urban areas (22% total)+2%
Caps and thresholds
Colorado company $100K; out-of-state company generally $1M.
Qualifying spend and local hire
50% Colorado workforce requirement.
Estimate your credit
Green Room's free estimator applies Colorado's rules to your actual budget lines — qualifying spend by category, resident versus non-resident labor, and every uplift above — and returns a modelled credit value with the assumptions shown.