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Foreign films may apply for funding in Taiwan
Foreign productions that have gained the Department of Motion Pictures permission to shoot and produce films in Taiwan may apply for funding as long as their production expenses in Taiwan exceed US$100,000. Funds that may be applied for are as…
Malta increases cash rebates from 20% to 22%
The Malta Film Commission on Saturday announced its revised financial incentives for film and TV productions shooting on the island. The cash rebates are given to qualifying companies on Malta-based production spend. Up to 22% can be claimed as a…
New Australian tax beak gets taken up by Warner Brothers
Warner Brothers and the next Harry Potter are to become the first company / film to use the 15% post-production , digital and visual effects (PDV ) offset introduced by the Austrlain Government in mid 2007. This offset aims to…
South Africa announces new incentive programme
The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) just announced new incentive programmes for the film industry, which will be effective from the 1st February 2008. The new film and television production incentive comprises of the Location Film and Television…
BC boosts production services tax credits - 18% to 25%
The province of British Columbia has boosted its production service tax credits, matching a recent rise in credits in Ontario and Quebec. The tax credit for foreign-financed productions will rise from 18 per cent of labour costs to 25 per…
Italian production incentives on track
Incentives in the form of tax credits have been introduced for FYs 2008 and 2009 to strengthen the Italian movie production in favor of investors not belonging to the movie business and the industry players. The proposal provides for different…
Ontario to increase production tax credit
Ontario is proposing to increase its Production Services Tax Credit to foreign-financed productions filming in the province from 18 to 25%. Further to this an increase from 30 to 35% for the Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit for which…
Australian tax rebate swings into action
The new financing system (rebate) put in place this year allows producers who qualify to get back 40% of the Australia spend as long as they spend at least $1 million. This rebate is currently administered by the FFC (…
Berlin announces availability of USD85 million to entice productions
Production companies with operations in Berlin will be eligible to apply for guarantees as security against loans for film finance untill 2013. $23m has already been made available for four guarantees since 2000. Berlin is experiencing a boom through both…
Irish production fund gets USD2.8 million injection
To further encourage foreign film & TV production companies to shoot in Ireland, the Minister for Arts, Sports & Tourism, Seamus Brennan has committed an aditional $2.8 million for the Irish Film Board (IFB). Productions that have benefitted from the…