TAIWAN FILMING INCENTIVES

Taiwan Production Funding

Overview

Type of incentiveCash Rebate
Qualifying formats
  • - Feature film - fiction (theatrical)
  • - Feature film - documentary (theatrical)
  • - TV Film or TV series - fiction
  • - TV Film or TV series - documentary
Qualifying productions
  • - Foreign productions
  • - Co-productions

Specifics

Benefit as a % of spend30.00
Financial cap per production1
Do I have to register/set up a company?No
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? No
Does travel to/from country/region qualify as expenditure? Yes
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: 0.00%
  • - Minimum spend 300000 (in local currency)
When will the benefit/incentive be received?
  • - End of national fiscal year
Additional incentives or advantages
  • - Motion Pictures have a maximum funding of NT30 million (USD1 million), for TV Dramas the maximum is NT20 million. If productions receive additional funding support from other public sectors in Taiwan funding will not exceed 50% of total local expenses. Feature films and TV series should be directed by internationally recognised directors.

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