Digital Media Tax Credit

Amount

Varies

Deadline

Rolling

Odds

Formula-based, not competitive

Effort

1–2 hours to prepare

Can you get this?

✓Must be a taxable Canadian corporation

✓Must have permanent establishment in Nova Scotia

✓Product must be interactive and educate, inform, or entertain

✓Product must present info in at least 2 formats

✕Groups selling pornographic or discriminatory products are not eligible

Your real odds

This is a formula-based refundable tax credit, so if you meet the criteria, you receive it.

There is no jury and no limited pool of winners. The main risk is failing the eligibility checklist or missing the 30-month filing window after the relevant tax year.

What it takes

Optional: submit Part A application to confirm project eligibility before you begin spending1–2 hours to prepare

Develop your product and track qualifying Nova Scotia expenditures carefully throughout productionOngoing during production

Submit mandatory Part B application with supporting documents (remuneration statements, affidavits, declarations) once production is complete or at tax year endSeveral hours to compile; must file within 30 months of the relevant tax year end

Worth knowing

If your studio sits outside Halifax Regional Municipality and at least 50% of development salaries go to employees there, the credit rate rises from 50% to 60% of qualifying expenditures, which is a meaningful difference on a large production budget.

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