Texas Film Production Incentives
An overview of Texas’s current film and television production incentive program. The full program rules, production-spend requirements, official sources and an incentive estimate are in HEC Film Incentive Intelligence.
Source-backed. HEC’s record of Texas is read from the state’s own program documentation.
- Program Status
- Active
- Incentive Type
- Grant; Sales, use or lodging tax exemption
- Administering Authority
- Texas Film Commission, Office of the Texas Governor
- Last Source Check
- September 24, 2026
Program Overview
Texas currently operates the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program (TMIIIP), a grant, administered by the Texas Film Commission, Office of the Texas Governor.
HEC records 2 distinct elements in the program’s structure: grant, sales, use or lodging tax exemption.
Full Texas Intelligence
HEC Film Incentive Intelligence holds the complete Texas record, organized from the state’s own program documentation for production research and planning.
- Base incentive
- Maximum potential incentive
- Minimum qualified spend
- Per-project cap
- Resident labor treatment
- Non-resident labor treatment
- Additional bonuses and uplifts
- Production-type eligibility
- Application requirements
- The official program source
- Incentive Estimator
- Supported — calculated from verified program rules
- Compare States
- Side by side with up to two other states
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HEC Film Incentive Intelligence is provided for informational and production-planning purposes only. Incentive programs, funding availability, eligibility requirements and tax laws may change. Estimates are not guarantees of eligibility, approval, financing, tax treatment or incentive amounts. Productions should confirm current requirements with the applicable state agency and qualified professional advisers before making financial or production decisions. Information on this page is a public overview for research and is not a financing commitment.