Washington film tax incentives
Cash rebateUp to 40%
Washington offers a 30% cash rebate, plus an uplift worth up to 10% more, for a maximum stacked rate of roughly 40%.
At a glance
- Program type
- Cash rebate
- Base rate
- 30%
- Minimum spend
- None listed
- 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.
- Rural / underrepresented story uplift+10%
- Non-resident payroll reimbursed at 15% (vs 30% resident)Amount not specified in source
Non-resident payroll earns roughly half the resident rate.
Estimate your credit
Green Room's free estimator applies Washington'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.