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Best Practices for Accurate Incentive Payroll Tax Withholding

Learn how payroll tax withholding impacts a production incentive or film tax credit, and how productions can best prepare for a successful audit.
October 22, 2021
Best Practices for Incentive Payroll Tax Panel

Accurate incentive payroll tax withholding is one area your production can’t afford to overlook, with potential to impact whether you receive a tax incentive or film tax credit, and affect your overall budget.

Join Entertainment Partners’ Production Incentive and Payroll Experts Wendy Black, Melissa Wiseman, Margie Delarosa, and Victoria Rivera, for a conversation about best practices for incentive state withholding. Learn to effectively plan for a successful incentive audit and never miss out on receiving important tax incentive dollars as the panel discusses how payroll impacts production incentives, the timeline to remit taxes and how to handle missed taxes, as well as some common payroll tax errors and how to avoid them. (Runtime: 30 min)

Don't let withholding mistakes impact your incentives or tax credits! Download our Best Practices Guide today.

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