Okla. Stat. tit. 68, § 68-3623
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Definitions
Official statutory text
As used in the Compete with Canada Film Act:
1. "Crew" means any person who works on preproduction,
principal photography, and postproduction, with the exception of
producers, principal cast, screenwriters, and the director. The
qualifying salary of producers, principal cast, screenwriters, and
the director, also known as "above-the-line personnel", may be
included as crew if the salaries are paid to loan-out corporations
and limited liability companies registered to do business in the
State of Oklahoma or the salaries are paid to Oklahoma-based above-
the-line personnel. The qualifying salary of above-the-line
personnel shall not comprise more than twenty-five percent (25%) of
total expenditures as defined in paragraph 2 of this section. For
purposes of this paragraph, "Oklahoma-based" means a company or
individual with an Oklahoma income tax requirement;
2. "Expenditure" or "production cost" includes but is not
limited to:
a. wages or salaries of persons who are residents of this
state and who have earned income from working on a
film in this state including payments to personal
services corporations with respect to the services of
qualified performing artists, as determined under
Section 62(a)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code,
b. the cost of construction and operations, wardrobe,
accessories and related services,
c. the cost of photography, sound synchronization,
lighting and related services,
d. the cost of editing and related services,
e. rental of facilities and equipment,
f. other direct costs of producing a film, and
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g. the wages and salaries of persons who are defined and
registered as an Oklahoma Expatriate by the Oklahoma
Film and Music Office within the Oklahoma Department
of Commerce;
3. "Film" means a professional single media, multimedia program
or feature, which is not child sexual abuse material as defined in
subsection A of Section 1024.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes
or obscene material as defined in paragraph 1 of subsection B of
Section 1024.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes including, but
not limited to, national advertising messages that are broadcast on
a national affiliate or cable network, fixed on film or digital
video, which can be viewed or reproduced and which is exhibited in
theaters, licensed for exhibition by individual television stations,
groups of stations, networks, cable television stations or other
means or licensed for home viewing markets;
4. "High impact production" means a production for which total
expenditures or production costs are equal to or greater than Fifty
Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00), with at least one-third (1/3) of
total costs deemed Oklahoma expenditures by the Oklahoma Film and
Music Office; and
5. "Production company" means a person or company who produces
film for exhibition in theaters, on television or elsewhere.
1. "Crew" means any person who works on preproduction,
principal photography, and postproduction, with the exception of
producers, principal cast, screenwriters, and the director. The
qualifying salary of producers, principal cast, screenwriters, and
the director, also known as "above-the-line personnel", may be
included as crew if the salaries are paid to loan-out corporations
and limited liability companies registered to do business in the
State of Oklahoma or the salaries are paid to Oklahoma-based above-
the-line personnel. The qualifying salary of above-the-line
personnel shall not comprise more than twenty-five percent (25%) of
total expenditures as defined in paragraph 2 of this section. For
purposes of this paragraph, "Oklahoma-based" means a company or
individual with an Oklahoma income tax requirement;
2. "Expenditure" or "production cost" includes but is not
limited to:
a. wages or salaries of persons who are residents of this
state and who have earned income from working on a
film in this state including payments to personal
services corporations with respect to the services of
qualified performing artists, as determined under
Section 62(a)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code,
b. the cost of construction and operations, wardrobe,
accessories and related services,
c. the cost of photography, sound synchronization,
lighting and related services,
d. the cost of editing and related services,
e. rental of facilities and equipment,
f. other direct costs of producing a film, and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 68. Revenue and Taxation Page 1399
g. the wages and salaries of persons who are defined and
registered as an Oklahoma Expatriate by the Oklahoma
Film and Music Office within the Oklahoma Department
of Commerce;
3. "Film" means a professional single media, multimedia program
or feature, which is not child sexual abuse material as defined in
subsection A of Section 1024.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes
or obscene material as defined in paragraph 1 of subsection B of
Section 1024.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes including, but
not limited to, national advertising messages that are broadcast on
a national affiliate or cable network, fixed on film or digital
video, which can be viewed or reproduced and which is exhibited in
theaters, licensed for exhibition by individual television stations,
groups of stations, networks, cable television stations or other
means or licensed for home viewing markets;
4. "High impact production" means a production for which total
expenditures or production costs are equal to or greater than Fifty
Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00), with at least one-third (1/3) of
total costs deemed Oklahoma expenditures by the Oklahoma Film and
Music Office; and
5. "Production company" means a person or company who produces
film for exhibition in theaters, on television or elsewhere.
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