by Claire Aston | Sep 3, 2024
£2.2bn of tax relief paid to creative industry firms, half claimed by High End television productions in 2022-23. Claims up from £1.9bn the year before. Huge growth in High End television claim amounts, which have more than doubled in 3 years. Claims exceeding £2m per...
by Claire Aston | Mar 14, 2024
Budget provided extra £500m in tax relief for TV and film industry New rules create more compliance risks Questions around the schemes’ value for money At TaxWatch, we’ve often written on issues which arise from the granting of generous tax reliefs to particular...
by Alex Dunnagan | Jan 26, 2021
The news that the latest James Bond Film, No Time to Die, has been delayed for the third time1 comes soon after the companies responsible for producing the film published their latest set of accounts. These reveal that in 2020 the company behind the latest James Bond...
by Alex Dunnagan | Oct 18, 2020
The UK companies behind the James Bond films have minimised tax for decades whilst receiving tens of millions of pounds in subsidy from the UK taxpayer. TaxWatch’s latest report – No Time to Pay Tax? – delves into the accounts of EON Productions...
by Alex Dunnagan | Oct 18, 2020
18th October 2020 How EON Productions, the studio behind the James Bond films, has minimised UK tax for decades whilst receiving tens of millions of pounds in subsidy from the UK tax payer Introduction The British production company behind the hugely successful James...
