Demystifying the UK Film Tax Credits

NEXT WEBINAR: 21st September 2025, 14:30 – 17:30

a recording will be available afterwards

if you’d like to watch the recording of last session instead, please get in touch

The UK Film Tax Credits system is an excellent tool for UK films to cover up to 42% of a UK film’s production expenditure in the form of a tax credit. Everyone can benefit from it, even short films and micro-budget films, and you don’t need to spend an exorbitant amount of money for an accountant to file a claim.

The information available on this topic is fragmented and we witnessed producers sharing inaccurate information with their peers. For this reason, we created the Demystifying the UK Film Tax Credits webinar. The session will be delivered in partnership with Shorts2Feautures and a chartered accountant will join us for the Q&A.

Learn how to get up to 42% of the production expenditure back as tax relief.

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• who the webinar is for •

  • Producers, directors, and writers who want to estimate the tax relief amount they can get.
  • Low-budget filmmakers who want to make use of tax relief schemes for short films or low-budget features.
  • Filmmakers working with an accountant who has never filed a UK film tax relief claim.
  • Anyone interested in knowing more about the tax relief schemes.

• webinar details •

The webinar is 3 hours long (including breaks and Q&A). It touches on the following topics:

  1. Eligibility criteria
  2. Claim practicalities and timeline
  3. SPV company: do I need one?
  4. The BFI cultural test for British certification
  5. How to identify eligible expenditure
  6. How to calculate the tax relief
  7. How to file a tax relief claim
  8. Q&A with a chartered accountant
  9. BONUS: an Excel template to forecast the tax relief you can claim

The webinar covers the following UK tax credit schemes: Audiovisual Expenditure Credits (AVEC) for Film, Independent Film Tax Credit (aka Enhanced AVEC)

• what people say •

“Thank you so much for the very informative session – really filled a gap out there for independent filmmakers“

Edie Deffebach, Ta.Ma Films

“Really helpful and comprehensive webinar. Highly recommended for anyone producing planning to utilize the UK Tax Credit for the first time.“

David Freedman, New Indie Film

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