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PRODUCTION INCENTIVES

RECENT UPDATES - March 31, 2010

Type of Incentive: Cash rebate (in addtion, a refundable credit will be available beginning on January 1, 2011)
Compensation and Project Caps/Funding Per Year: $2 million has been appropriated for the rebate for the biennium beginning July 1, 2010; $2.5 million will be available for the refundable tax credit program to take effect January 1, 2011

Maximum Benefit: 30% tax credit on all Manitoba (MB) expenditures, including MB labor and MB purchases/rentals OR up to 65% of qualifying MB labor expenditures (which can also include labor paid to non-MB residents who work in technical, below-the-line positions, to a maximum of 30% of total actual MB labor expenditures if 2 MB residents trained per non-resident; non-residents do not have to deliver the training); Regional Tax Credit bonus: 5% of qualifying MB labor expenditures if ≥ 50% of MB production days shot at least 35 km from the centre of Winnipeg; Frequent Filming bonus: 10% of qualifying MB labor expenditures on third film shot within 2-year period (producers can access bonus by co-venturing with a company that has frequent filming status); MB Producer Incentive: 5% of qualifying MB labor expenditures for productions where an MB resident receives credit as a Producer

Maximum Benefit: 30% of total personnel expenses for Republic of China (ROC) national cast members; 30% of the total expenses for ROC nationals working as crew members for motion pictures filmed partially or entirely in Taiwan; if filmed and pre-produced or post-produced partially or entirely in Taiwan, there is an additional grant of 25% of local production expenditures; there are also incentives for qualifying animation projects and an additional grant of 15% for transport and accommodation expenses, liability and accident insurance costs for ROC nationals employed as cast and crew members
Project Criteria: Minimum local spend > NT3 million, unless produced by globally recognized foreign motion picture production enterprise or directors that will enhance the ROC's international image