Film and Video Tax Credit

Amount

Varies

Deadline

Rolling

Odds

Formula-based, not competitive

Effort

1–2 days

Can you get this?

✓Must be a provincial Corporate Income Tax filer

✓Project must be an eligible local film project

✓Credit capped at 25% of production costs

✓At least 25% of wages paid to provincial residents

✓Maximum credit of $5M per corporation

Your real odds

This is a formula-based tax credit, not a competitive grant, so if you meet the criteria, you claim it.

There is no jury or selection process; eligibility comes down to whether your production and labour costs meet the program's defined rules, and the main risk is failing to hit the 25% provincial resident payroll threshold or exceeding the credit cap.

What it takes

Confirm your production qualifies as an eligible local film project and that at least 25% of wages go to NL residents1–2 days

Track and document all eligible local labour costs and total production costs throughout productionOngoing during production

File the credit as part of your provincial Corporate Income Tax return with supporting documentation1–2 weeks at tax time

Worth knowing

The credit is refundable, so if it exceeds your tax owing, you receive the balance as a cash refund, which makes it valuable even for productions with modest taxable income.

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