UNITED ARAB EMIRATES FILMING INCENTIVES

Abu Dhabi International Production Incentive Scheme

Overview

Type of incentiveCash Rebate
Qualifying formats
  • - Feature film - fiction (theatrical)
  • - Feature film - documentary (theatrical)
  • - TV Film or TV series - fiction
  • - TV Film or TV series - documentary
  • - Commercials (TV, theatrical, online)
  • - Post production/special effects for film & tv (fiction)
  • - Post production/special effects for film & tv (non-fiction)
  • - Music videos
  • - Reality TV
  • - Variety entertainment programming
Qualifying productions
  • - National productions
  • - Co-productions

Specifics

Benefit as a % of spend30.00
Financial cap per production0
Do I have to register/set up a company?Yes
Does foreign cast/crew paid in their home country/region qualify as expenditure? No
Do foreign cast/crew have to pay tax in the host country/state/region? No
Does travel to/from country/region qualify as expenditure? Yes
Can a production qualify for other national incentives such as cultural programmes if it qualifies for this incentive? No
Criteria to access the benefit
  • - Minimum percentage of the film that must be shot in the region: 0.00%
  • - Minimum spend 200000 (in local currency)
When will the benefit/incentive be received?
  • - On submission of audited accounts
  • - State approx. number of months after completion of audited accounts
Additional incentives or advantages
  • - Rece tour assistance, location finding service
  • - The per-project cap varies between production types: Feature films - USD5 million TV series - USD1 million Commercials - USD500,000 Productions don't incur a sales tax.

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