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Eligible Production Types

Animation

Commercials

Documentaries

Feature Films

Game Shows

Pilots

Post Only

Reality Television

Scripted Television

Talk Shows

Video Games

Location Production Needs

Beaches Ocean

City

Deserts

Forests

Lakes Rivers

Mountains

Rural

Snow

Suburban

Tropical

Incentive28%-40% Refundable Tax Credit
+ Federal Incentive

25% Stackable Federal Tax Credit - on Qualifying Canadian Labour Expenditure

Labor
Resident ATL28-40% + up to 25% (Federal)
Resident BTL28-40% + up to 25% (Federal)
Labor Uplifts

French Language or Giant Screen Productions:

  • 10% of qualifying QC labor expenditures, for films produced 25 km or more outside Montreal
  • 16% of qualifying QC labor expenditures, for productions that do not receive financial assistance from certain public bodies

Other Productions:

  • 10% of QC labor related to computer animation and special effects work (English language format only)
  • 20% of qualifying QC labor expenditures, for films produced 25 km or more outside Montreal
  • 16% of qualifying QC labor expenditures, for productions that do not receive financial assistance from certain public bodies

Qualified Spend

French Language or Giant Screen Productions:

  • 40% of qualifying Québec (QC) labor expenditures for original productions; 36% of qualifying QC labor expenditures for foreign format productions

Other Productions:

  • 32% of qualifying QC labor expenditures for original productions; 28% of qualifying Québec (QC) labor expenditures for foreign format productions

Minimum/Caps
Minimum SpendNone
Minimum Filming DaysNone
Project CapTax credits cap at 66% for original productions and 62% for foreign format productions
Compensation CapNone
Annual CapNone
Additional Requirements
Screen CreditYes
CPA AuditYes
Additional Information

The above noted provincial incentive is stackable with Canada's Federal Tax Incentive, which is 25% of 'qualifying Canadian labour expenditures', defined as the lesser of (i) actual labour expenditures, and (ii) 60 % of 'Production Costs less Assistance' ('Assistance' includes any provincial incentives that are directly attributable to the Production).

Quebec Film and Television Council

Chanelle Routhier, Film & TV Commissioner

514 499-7070

chanelle@qftc.ca

www.qftc.ca/tax-incentives/information/

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