Every hustle has a tax. Tax Season explores the cost of survival in a world where money never moves alone.
It’s Tax Season — Tax Season Is Now Available on Tubi
That truth sits at the center of Tax Season. As the holidays fade and 2026 begins, a different kind of season takes hold — one defined not by celebration, but by consequence. Tax Season is now available to watch on Tubi, delivering a grounded, character-driven crime drama where survival always comes at a price.
Watch Tax Season here:
https://tubitv.com/movies/100047988/tax-season
The title itself is more than a metaphor. In Tax Season, “tax” is operational. When money flows, someone is always collecting. Economic shifts create opportunity, but they also attract attention. The cartels, sports bookies, and street-level power brokers ensure no one profits alone. Hustling and scamming intensifies, spending accelerates, and clot chasing. Eventually, everyone owes. Everyone pays.
That tax takes many forms. In some circles, it’s known as pizzo — protection money paid to stay in business. In others, it’s a kick up, where lower-level players pass a percentage of their earnings to higher-ranking bosses. Sometimes it’s casually referred to as a tithe, the cost of staying active and alive in the game. Different names, same rule: If the money is flowing, the demand for a cut is never far behind.
What separates Tax Season from familiar crime dramas is its tonal balance. The film blends hard realities with moments of dark comedy, using humor not to soften the story, but to expose its contradictions. The laughter carries weight, revealing how normalized danger becomes and how easily people rationalize their choices — often moments before those choices cost them everything.
Time functions as currency throughout the film. Deals expire. Patience runs thin. Trust erodes. Those who understand the value of timing move differently. Those who don’t end up paying someone else’s bill. Loyalty operates under the same pressure — transactional, fragile, and constantly tested.
Visually, Tax Season captures the duality of Charleston, South Carolina — its vibrant charm and its shadowy underbelly. The city becomes a character in its own right, with sweeping aerial shots highlighting its beauty while light and shadow mirror the moral conflicts beneath the surface.
Behind the camera, Tax Season is guided by a singular creative and strategic vision. Shadetree K-Dee, also known as KD Davis, is the owner of ShadeTree Visuals and serves as executive producer, director, writer, creator, and world builder. A hustler by nature with a deep understanding of film marketing, he approaches filmmaking holistically — treating the feature not as an endpoint, but as a foundation.
That vision expanded Tax Season into a broader ecosystem, including Grit: The Making of Tax Season, a behind-the-scenes documentary offering an unfiltered look at the process, and Tax Season (original motion picture score) music video tied directly to the film’s world.
Behind-the-scenes documentary:
https://fawesome.tv/movies/10688586/grit-the-making-of-tax-season
Official music video — RickStarr: Tax Season (Original Motion Picture Score):
With strong audience demand, ShadeTree Visuals is preparing to begin pre-production on Tax Season 2 in Q2 2026. The full soundtrack, along with official merchandise, is scheduled for release in Spring 2026.
Learn more:
https://shadetreevisuals.com/taxseason
By the end of Tax Season, one truth remains unavoidable: in this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.
