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"After an extended break beginning in the spring of 2019, Dan Houser will be leaving the company"
Read More »Dan Houser will leave Rockstar Games in March 2020
Rockstar responds to reports it received £37.6m in Video Game Tax Relief last year
"For every £1 invested into the games industry via VGTR, it pays back £4 in gross value add into the economy,” says Ukie
Read More »Tax Watch UK calls out Rocksteady and Creative Assembly for ‘playing the system’ for video game tax relief
"It is implausible that the games produced by Rocksteady are loss making"
Read More »UK’s Video Game Tax Relief scheme has awarded £324m since 2014
"It is in the interest of our sector that companies continue to apply for it and use the relief to drive investment across the UK," says Ukie
Read More »Report: Rockstar North has not paid corporation tax for 10 years, but has claimed £42m in tax relief
"It is outrageous that the UK taxpayer is being asked to shell out tens of millions of pounds in subsidy"
Read More »US games industry reacts to ESA endorsement of Tax Reform
The move is supposed to encourage growth in the US tech industry but has been met with criticism over other issues within the reform around low income
Read More »Video Game Tax Relief to continue until at least 2023
The EU commission decided not to raise any objections to the continuation of the scheme which has help boost the UK games industry
Read More ȣ73m of video game tax relief paid out in 2016-17
73m in video games tax relief (VGTR) was paid out in the 2016-17 financial year, representing an increase of 60 per cent year-on-year, according to the latest figures from HMRC. VGTR was paid out relating to 280 claims in 2016-17, which shows a growth of 115 per cent compared to …
Read More »Super Punk Games receives interim game relief certificate for The Last Leviathan
Nottingham-based indie developer Super Punk Games has received the interim certificate for game relief from HMRC for its work on The Last Leviathan, the studio announced today. The physics-based ship building and destruction title launched on Steam’s Early Access program in June last year, and has remained in the top …
Read More »European Commission rules Apple should repay Irish government 13bn in unpaid tax
Apple could face an 11.1bn tax bill after the European Commission ruled that its tax arrangement with Ireland was illegal. An ongoing investigation has concluded that the Irish government permitted Apple to pay significantly less than other businesses, with a tax rate that topped out at just one per cent, …
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