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On August 6th, 2009, Peter Stathopoulos, Director of State & Local Tax at Bennett Thrasher PC, and Bernard Coleman, a partner with Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC’s Corporate and Securities Group and leader of the firm’s Sports & Entertainment Practice, hosted a presentation on Georgia Film Tax Credits: How to Easily Reduce Your Georgia State Tax Bill.  In addition to Peter and Bernard, Asante Bradford with the Georgia Film, Music & Digital Entertainment office spoke regarding recent developments with the tax credits.  The event was held at the offices of Womble Carlyle in Atlantic Station.

The Georgia Entertainment Industry Investment Act of 2008 (the “Act”) expanded Georgia film tax credits, making Georgia a nationwide leader in attracting film productions to the state.  Due to the new Act, a production company that films in Georgia can now get up to 30% of its budget in tax credits.  These tax credits can be acquired by individuals and companies who are looking to reduce their state tax liability.  With a purchase of Georgia film tax credits, an individual or company can reduce its Georgia tax bill by 10% to 20%.

To find out more information regarding Georgia film tax credits or to answer your State and Local tax questions, please email Peter Stathopoulos at pstathopoulos@btcpa.net or call him at 770.396.2200.

Bennett Thrasher announces that Raygan Evans has been promoted to Tax Manager. As a Tax Manager, Raygan will be responsible for coordinating tax consulting and compliance services to closely held corporations, partnerships and individuals.  He has experience serving companies in the health care, real estate, technology and debt service industries.  In addition, he has significant experience working with multi-state tax issues. 

Raygan joined Bennett Thrasher in 2003 after earning a Master of Accounting degree, with an emphasis in Taxation, from the University of Georgia.  Previously, he attended Georgia Southern University where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree (Accounting) and a minor in Spanish.  He is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the state of Georgia and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Georgia Society of CPAs within their Taxation Sections.

Raygan is also actively involved in several community organizations including Habitat for Humanity and Junior Achievement.