AUSTRALIA FILMING INCENTIVES

Tasmania: Factual and Light Entertainment Fund

Overview

Type of incentive
Qualifying formats
  • - Feature film - documentary (theatrical)
  • - TV Film or TV series - documentary
  • - Post production/special effects for film & tv (non-fiction)
  • - Reality TV
  • - Variety entertainment programming
Qualifying productions

    Specifics

    Benefit as a % of spend
    Financial cap per production-
    Do I have to register/set up a company?
    Does foreign cast/crew paid in their home country/region qualify as expenditure? No
    Do foreign cast/crew have to pay tax in the host country/state/region? Yes
    Does travel to/from country/region qualify as expenditure? No
    Can a production qualify for other national incentives such as cultural programmes if it qualifies for this incentive? Yes
    Criteria to access the benefit
    • - Minimum percentage of the film that must be shot in the region: 100.00%
    When will the benefit/incentive be received?
    • - On commencement of principal photography
    Additional incentives or advantages

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