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Record year for film production in Iceland

Turnover in the production of films, videos and television  material in Iceland will be doubling this year if the first six months of the year are anything to go by. This predicts a record year in the Icelandic film industry. January until June this year has seen double the amount of material produced in Iceland […]

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Iceland Improves Film Tax Incentives

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels Iceland’s Parliament has recently voted to improve and extend the country’s tax rebate scheme for film and television productions. From January 2017, Iceland’s film and television production tax rebate will increase to 25 percent of the costs incurred in the production of projects in Iceland, from the existing level of […]

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Iceland Boosts Tax Break to 25 Percent

by Scott Roxborough ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ and Netflix’s ‘Sense8’ are among the recent productions to shoot in Iceland. The parliament in Iceland has approved an increase in the country’s tax incentive for film shoots, boosting its tax break from 20 percent to 25 percent. The new incentive with kick in on […]

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Iceland’s film tax incentive grows to 25%

By Wendy Mitchell Iceland’s parliament has approved a boost to the country’s film production tax incentive, increasing it from 20% to 25%. The new level will take effect from January 1, 2017 and the legislation has been renewed until 2021. “The new 25% incentive will make Iceland more competitive on the international film production market,” […]

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