How Leonardo DiCaprio Cost New York Taxpayers $30 Million
How Leonardo DiCaprio Cost New York Taxpayers $30 Million - NationalJournal.com
The people of New York may think one of last year's biggest films only cost them a $15 ticket, but they'd be wrong.
Thanks to state law, The Wolf of Wall Street received a 30-percent tax credit from New York State, which means taxpayers paid for $30 million of the movie's $100 million budget, according to the Manhattan Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan economic research and policy group. ...