26 U.S.C. § 3512
Treatment of certain persons as employers with respect to motion picture projects
United States · Title 26 — INTERNAL REVENUE CODE · Status: effective
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- 26 U.S.C. § 3512, Treatment of certain persons as employers with respect to motion picture projects, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/463347
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For purposes of sections 3121(a)(1) and 3306(b)(1), remuneration paid to a motion picture project worker by a motion picture project employer during a calendar year shall be treated as remuneration paid with respect to employment of such worker by such employer during the calendar year. The identity of such employer for such purposes shall be determined as set forth in this section and without regard to the usual common law rules applicable in determining the employer-employee relationship.
For purposes of this section—
The term “motion picture project employer” means any person if—
such person (directly or through affiliates)—
The term “motion picture project worker” means any individual who provides services on motion picture projects for clients who are not affiliated with the motion picture project employer.
The term “motion picture project” means the production of any property described in section 168(f)(3). Such term does not include property with respect to which records are required to be maintained under section 2257 of title 18, United States Code.
A person shall be treated as an affiliate of, or affiliated with, another person if such persons are treated as a single employer under subsection (b) or (c) of section 414.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016