Film Incentive & Cash Rebate Calculator
What a region actually pays back, and what share of your spend qualifies. The calculator above takes region, qualifying spend and total budget and returns rebate amount, effective net cost and qualifying share — computed in your browser, with no sign-up and nothing leaving your device.
Film Incentive & Cash Rebate Calculator
- Qualifying spend
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- Rebate
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- Net cost
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The same budget in three countries
No warranty — the funding body is authoritative. Rate and share stay editable.
What the number actually depends on
Rebates apply to qualifying regional spend, not total budget — the difference is routinely 30 to 50 %.
Most schemes require the application before the first shoot day. Filing after the fact disqualifies the whole spend.
The gap between a number that goes into a quote and one that holds on the day is rarely the formula — it is whether the constraints were entered honestly. That is why the inputs are spelled out below.
Common mistakes
These come up most often in practice. They rarely break the maths; they routinely break the day:
- Counting the fee of a crew member who is not tax-resident in the region
- Assuming rebate and grant stack when the scheme excludes it
In day-to-day production
Regional spend obligations are often above 100 % of the grant — you may have to spend more locally than you receive.
The number belongs in pre-production — the point where a decision is still free to change. Working it out on the shoot day is no longer calculating; it is finding out.
In TillyGen this is not a separate step: the result sits inside the plan itself, alongside the shot list, schedule and call sheet. Change a constraint and the dependent values move with it — the affected parts of the plan are flagged rather than quietly left behind.
Frequently asked
How accurate is the Film Incentive & Cash Rebate Calculator?
The maths is exact; the inputs rarely are. Treat the result as a solid floor and add your buffer deliberately rather than smuggling it into the inputs — a flattered input hides the buffer from everyone who plans with it later.
Is the calculator free?
No. It runs entirely in your browser, with no sign-up and nothing transmitted. There is no usage limit and no account.
Where does this fit in production planning?
In pre-production. There it is a basis for deciding; later it is only a finding.
Can I export the result?
The calculator itself only displays the value. In TillyGen it lands directly in the shot list, schedule and call sheet, and goes out as PDF, CSV or through the API to everyone working from it.
What does the calculator return?
Rebate amount, effective net cost and qualifying share. The first value is the one you carry into the plan; the rest show how sensitively it reacts to the inputs.
What should I watch for in the result?
Mainly this: counting the fee of a crew member who is not tax-resident in the region. That is the mistake that most often turns a correctly calculated number into one that does not hold.