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title: "Oregon’s Local Lower Budgeted Incentives or “L-OPIF”"
description: "Oregon has an incentive program that is dedicated to locally produced, lower budgeted projects that applies to features, shorts, docs, interactive, commercial production, post-production and animation. The \"Local Oregon Production Investment Fund\" (L-OPIF, formally \"iOPIF\") provides rebates of 25% of…"
url: "https://oregonfilm.org/article/oregons-local-lower-budgeted-incentives-or-l-opif/"
updated: "2026-04-19"
category: Production Incentives
---

# Oregon’s Local Lower Budgeted Incentives or “L-OPIF”

Oregon has an incentive program that is dedicated to locally produced, lower budgeted projects that applies to features, shorts, docs, interactive, commercial production, post-production and animation. The "Local Oregon Production Investment Fund" (L-OPIF, formally "iOPIF") provides rebates of 25% of goods and services and 20% of Oregon payrolled labor for projects by Oregon producers who spend a minimum of $75,000, up to the first $1million of their spend. Other requirements will apply - such as the project must be actively produced by an [Oregon Resident](http://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/316.027) producer or an Oregon headquartered production company, and the principal cast & crew must be made up of at least 80% [Oregon Residents](http://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/316.027).

Interactive media work & post-production-only work from Oregon-based companies also qualify for the L-OPIF program - please contact us at [shoot@oregonfilm.org](mailto:shoot@oregonfilm.org) for more information. In addition, for Commercial Production under $1M but above $75k spending in Oregon, the commercial needs to be intended for distribution beyond local and regional markets in order to qualify for L-OPIF.

A third party payroll company is required and it is also important for producers utilizing the Oregon incentives program to familiarize themselves with the state laws regarding Independent Contractors; which can be found on the [Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industry website.](http://www.oregon.gov/ic/independent/Pages/default.aspx) 

In addition there are minimum insurance requirements for projects utilizing the incentive programs - you can [find those here](https://oregonfilm.org/article/oregon-insurance-requirements/).

IMPORTANT NOTE: Incentives ***cannot be paid*** to companies and projects which are in conflict with state laws and/or leave local vendors or crew unpaid.

L-OPIF is a capped annual fund equal to 7.5% of the overall annual OPIF fund.

- [L-OPIF Application Form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdre2byu7hUlx7QL0iXQlHZpjQEnzU42BibJ34tj4pT47l-bw/viewform?usp=sf_link)
- [Hiring Data Worksheet - Individual](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfcWngygNTjJHtcZUV7aWg0BCfUXLiiFJhef2t4a3UkT6cajw/viewform?usp=sf_link%E2%80%9Ctarget=)
- [Hiring Data Worksheet - Company Wide](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOiiwQ6D19E1B83JJtKwGydvkbwUEJjYv3JxPYUhjN_F8XGg/viewform?usp=sf_link%E2%80%9Ctarget=)
- [L-OPIF FAQs](https://oregonfilm.org/article/local-or-l-opif-incentive-faqs/)
- [Filing Your OPIF Rebate Audit Paperwork: What NOT to Do](https://oregonfilm.org/article/oregons-incentives-what-not-to-do/)
- [L-OPIF Interactive Game FAQs](https://oregonfilm.org/article/interactive-game-faqs/)
- [L-OPIF Sample Letter of Intent](https://oregonfilm.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Sample-Prod-Letter-of-Intent.pdf)
- [OPIF Statute ORS 284.367](https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/284.367)
- [OPIF Statute ORS 284.368](https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/284.368)
- [L-OPIF Administrative Rules](https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/displayDivisionRules.action?selectedDivision=4221)