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Quebec increases tax credit for film and TV

Quebec increases tax credit for film and TVThe Quebec government raised the tax credit for provincial film and TV producers as part of a package to help Canadian filmmakers. Finance minister Monique Jerome-Forget said that the province’s two main refundable tax credits for indigenous film and TV...

Tax rebate changes rile producers

Canadian producers are up in arms over a move by the Canada Revenue Agency to shrink their tax rebate checks. Producers who have had their tax credit applications randomly audited by tax officials in recent months have complained that they are now allowed a maximum 10% cap on claims for producer...

Tax cuts anger film community

Over the last couple of months, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservatives have wreaked havoc in the Canadian film community, as the Canadian Film Centre, the National Screen Institute and the Institut National de L’image et Son have seen their operating budgets cut by 20% and rumors...