January 2011
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Massachusetts, Evolved: Video Game Tax Incentive...
On Tuesday, January 25, 2011, New England Games SIG hosted a panel discussion of new legislation proposed by Representative Vincent A. Pedone to provide tax incentives to video game companies. The event was held at the Microsoft NERD Center in Cambridge.
The panel, pictured below, gave an informed presentation about the benefits of tax incentives for this sector. The panel, which included Rep....
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Boston Globe Endorses Tax Incentives for Video...
In today’s Boston Globe, its editors endorse a plan to offer tax incentives to video game companies. Recognizing that this sector offers significant growth potential and jobs, the Globe editorial characterizes incentives as a long-term investment:
Incentives for video game developers … could serve as an invaluable long-term incubator of talent, helping to further build up the local...
Massachusetts to Consider Incentives for Video...
The Massachusetts legislature is again going to consider legislation to provide incentives to video game developers. The Boston Globe provides few details about a bill currently in the works. State Representative Vincent Pedone, a Worcester Democrat, is behind the renewed effort to grow and attract video game companies in the Bay State. (The Herald provides similar background and analysis.)
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