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Tax breaks for UK game devs
by Ron on Jun.18, 2009, under Gaming News
Here’s the story. The Guardian is reporting that a suggestion has been put forward over in the UK to implement a tax breaks system for games developed over in the UK that are “culturally British”. The original Digital Britain report (PDF warning) states the rationale behind this as follows:
“In film a system of cultural tax credits has long helped to sustain a wide range of films that speak to a British narrative, rather than the cultural perspectives of Hollywood or multinational collaborations. Other countries such as Canada, for similar reasons, extend the model of cultural tax relief beyond the film industry to the interactive and online worlds. CGI, electronic games and simulation also have a significant role in Britain’s digital content ecology and in our international competitiveness. Each of these has the same capability as the more traditional sectors, such as film, to engage us and reflect our cultural particularism. They may in future have a cultural relevance to rival that of film.”
