Findings on the financial impact on film and entertainment tax credits on New York’s state economy show only about 30 percent of subsidies return to the state through increased taxable income. Additionally, recent studies on similar tax incentive programs in Georgia by an independent researcher – along with findings from the California Legislature’s Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor – have found an overall weak impact on a state’s overall economy.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.