Motion Media Production Tax Credit Program

View the Program Guidelines and learn the full application process.

Application Process Summary

1. Qualified Motion Media Productions can submit a preliminary application to the Missouri Film Office (mofilm@ded.mo.gov), along with the below supplemental documents.
   1. Script
   2. Preliminary Qualified Expenses Worksheet
   3. Economic Impact Statement
   4. Percentage Increase Form
2. The preliminary application and all supplemental documents must be submitted before the first day of principal photography or if stand-alone post-production, before the first day of post. 
3. Once production/post has wrapped, the production company must submit the final application along with the below supplemental documents within 90 (ninety) days of the date the final qualified expense was incurred. 
   1. Shooting script
   2. Missouri shooting schedule
   3. Call sheets for Missouri shoot dates
   4. Final Qualified Expenses Worksheet
   5. Final Percentage Increase Form
   6. Independent CPA report
4. All final applications must include a report from a Missouri-licensed CPA, paid for at the production company’s expense, attesting that all of the expenses claimed are qualifying expenses.