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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…
Nova Scotia increases tax credit for producers
Tax relief has been increased from 35 to 50% on local labour costs for production companies filming in Nova Scotia. Producers who film in the city of Halifax will get 50% of the tax cost of local labour back on…
Utah rises rebate from 10% to 15%
The Utah Film Commission has just announced an increase of 50% to the rebate of the MPIF (Motion Picture Incentive Fund). The cap stays at $500,000 with an obligatory budget per film of a minimum $1m. The board have recently…
Oregon legislature increases film incentive programme
At the request of Governor Kulongoski, Oregon’s legislature has passed a bill expanding the Oregon Production Investment Fund. This legislation increases the rebate for productions in Oregon to 20% of goods and services paid to Oregon vendors and 16.2% of…
Czech Republic to entice foreign productions with 20% rebate
The proposal is for a 20% tax rebate for foreign and domestic productions filming in the Czech Republic through a new bill that will be put forward to cabinet in October. The Ministry of Culture is currently in talks with…
International productions benefit from new German fund
International co-productions filming in Germany have got over half of the USD28 million allocated by the new German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) in the initial six months of operation. Project manager Christine Berg explained that USD16.3 million had been awarded…
Serbia plans tax exemptions
A team of experts from Film Center Serbia, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, has developed a draft proposal of the Film Industry Act, which the Ministry of Culture has proposed to the National…
Montana offers improved tax incentives
Montana’s unparalleled scenery and distinctive culture has made Big Sky Country a choice location for countless productions, and now improved tax incentives are giving the film industry a new reason to put the Big Sky back on the Big Screen.…