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Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has updated the industry on figures surrounding the long-awaited tax breaks. Finally introduced last year, the video games tax relief enables studios to recoup some of the costs of development through help from the government. Speaking at Develop: Brighton this morning, Vaizey revealed a few statistics …
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Certified games represent a total budget of £180m, while £4m prototype fund 'launches soon'
Read More »£14m is being spent on the UK’s first tax break games
The BFI has released figures for the first full year of UK games tax relief, reporting a UK spend of 14m towards the production of approved titles. That’s just shy of the 15m that was budgeted for tax breaks between April 2014 and March 2015. Tax breaks for UK games …
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19 games receive final certification in first year, 48 for interim certification
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Continued tax relief assured for video games developers
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Space Rhino Games is the first studio to benefit from financial incentives
Read More »France gets greenlight to expand games tax breaks for more devs
Local trade body hopes changes will retain industry jobs and encourage new investment
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BFI reveals initial wave of successful certifications from over 30 applications
Read More »Video games tax relief: what do I need to do?
Matthew Appleton, senior manager for tax at Grant Thornton, offers a checklist of considerations when applying for tax breaks
Read More »UKIE: Tax breaks are here, but there’s still work to be done
Trade body issues new policy manifesto calling for more support following games tax relief and Next Gen Skills report
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