NEW JERSEY

4% NJ Hiring Bonus Uplift: 4% bonus on all qualified expenses if applicants submit an approved hiring plan to satisfy hiring no less than 25% of employees who are residents of an "economically disadvantaged area"

Base credit: 30% on all qualified expenses for goods and services used within a "30-mile radius" of Columbus Circle.

35% credit for qualified goods and services used outside this radius or in the designated southern counties (if production occurs in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer, or Salem counties).

4% NJ Hiring Bonus Uplift: 4% bonus on all qualified expenses if applicants submit an approved hiring plan to satisfy hiring no less than 25% of employees who are residents of an "economically disadvantaged area"

Principal photography must begin within "180 days" of the original application date or "150 days" from the date of approval by NJEDA.

Applications are considered on a "first come, first served" basis.

Individual: Not Required

Loan-out: 6.37%

(A) NJ studio or film-lease production companies earn 40% of qualified wages and salaries and 35% on nonpayroll spend within the 30-mile zone and 40% on nonpayroll spend outside the 30-mile zone.

(B) To be eligible to apply for the Studio Partner designation, the applicant must be a production company that has site control of a production facility that is at least 250,000 square feet for at least 10 years

(C) Additional Information on Reality TV

Reality Shows are eligible provided production has obtained at least a four-episode order from, and is commissioned and scheduled to premiere on, a major linear network or streaming service.