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Ireland just turned its tax credit up to 40%, and Screen Ireland’s not slowing down either

Ireland has quietly become one of the sharpest offers in Europe. On 10 July, the Irish Government formally switched on the new 40% VFX uplift to Section 481 — the country’s long-running production tax credit. It’s the first time the credit has ever gone above its standard rate, and it lands in the same month Ireland just turned its tax credit up to 40%, and Screen Ireland’s not slowing down either

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Portugal just put €350m on the table, and 30% of it back in your budget

Portugal has just made itself very hard to say no to. On 29 June, the country’s SCRI.PT programme – the new audio-visual funding scheme run by the Portuguese Film and Audio-visual Institute (ICA), alongside Portugal Media Lab and Turismo de Portugal, opened for applications. And the headline number is a big one: €350 million earmarked Portugal just put €350m on the table, and 30% of it back in your budget