Mississippi film tax incentives
Cash rebateUp to 35%
Mississippi offers a 25% cash rebate, plus 2 uplifts worth up to 10% more, for a maximum stacked rate of roughly 35%. Minimum qualifying spend is $50,000.
At a glance
- Program type
- Cash rebate
- Base rate
- 25%
- Minimum spend
- $50,000
- 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.
- Resident payroll rate (30% vs 25%)+5%
- Resident veteran payroll+5%
Caps and thresholds
$50K base investment, payroll, or both.
Estimate your credit
Green Room's free estimator applies Mississippi'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.