Australian Tax Offsets

Production Offset:                                        A refundable tax rebate calculated on a project’s qualifying Australian production expenditure (QAPE): 40% of QAPE for a feature film for cinema release; 30% for TV or subscription service. 

Post Production Offset:                       30% on the QAPE that relates to post, digital and visual effects and animation production for a film. 

Location Offset:                                   16.5% offset on qualifying Australian production expenditure (QAPE) for film and television projects filmed in Australia with an Australian spend of over $15 million. Large productions may attract a grant of up to 13.5% of the production's QAPE, a merit assessed grant complimenting the 16.5% Location Offset.  

Co-production & Production Service

Australia currently has co-production treaties with China, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, United Kingdom plus MOU's with France and New Zealand and is negotiating treaties with Denmark and India.

Vue Group can service productions without formal arrangements on a commission basis. On Jia Zhangke's Mountains May Depart with 2 months notice  we provided an Australian producer, packaged West Australian and Victorian locations and managed provision of equipment, facilities, Australian crew, craft services,  logistics and production management to deliver the Palme d'Or finalist movie on time and on budget.

West Australian Attraction Fund

A  $20M attraction incentive fund  to attract high profile, market driven footloose screen productions to West Australia.

West Australian Regional Film Fund

A fund to attract production to West Australia's regions of up to $2M based on a 2:1 ratio of Qualifying West Australian regional funding. 

West Australian PDV 'top-up'

An incentive to post produce (including FX and animation) in West Australia regardless of where filmed. 20% of the first $500K (up to $100,000) and a further 10% rebate for all expenditure over $500K.

Locations

West Australia is the largest state in Australia with a stunning range of locations from red outback to lush forest, cityscapes, historic towns, and a 25,780 kilometre coastline.

Vue Group is located in the South West, 48.9M hectares hugging a coastline with spectacular beaches,  forests and wildlife. The climate is Mediterranean, which is perfect for its nine internationally celebrated wine regions. The region is served by four commercial airports, Perth International, Bussleton, Albany and Esperance. Perth is the capital city with a population of 1.9M, Bunbury   is the commercial centre of regional South West with a greater population of 120,000.