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The Irish Film Industry
Oct. 14th, 2003 10:40 amIn Ireland we have had a scheme for some years that allowed film makers to claim back their costs against tax. Many countries have similar schemes. It's allowed a lot of successful moves to be filmed here, and led to the development of a thriving support industry for all the things that film makers need to support them.
But in last year's budget it was announced that the scheme would be scrapped. This makes no sense, as the majority of films will just not get made here, and rather than getting no tax on films that are made here, the exchequer will get no tax on films that aren't made here. The cost of the scheme is very low, but the indirect benefits are substantial.
Now normally I think email/web petitions are worth the paper that aren't printed on, but someone has come up with a clever system that you enter your details and it will produce a PDF you can print out and mail to the relevant politicians. There is also an option to email the letters to them, but that obviously has a lot less impact. I've printed out my letters and addressed envelopes and will be buying stamps at lunch-time.
I don't know if letters from outside Ireland will mean much (who means the majority of my friends list), but I'd encourage anyone in Ireland, or who has lived in Ireland, or has just seen movies they liked that were made here to have a look at the cut text below and make your own decision.
Hmmm, I think this is my first political post.
( It's behind here )
But in last year's budget it was announced that the scheme would be scrapped. This makes no sense, as the majority of films will just not get made here, and rather than getting no tax on films that are made here, the exchequer will get no tax on films that aren't made here. The cost of the scheme is very low, but the indirect benefits are substantial.
Now normally I think email/web petitions are worth the paper that aren't printed on, but someone has come up with a clever system that you enter your details and it will produce a PDF you can print out and mail to the relevant politicians. There is also an option to email the letters to them, but that obviously has a lot less impact. I've printed out my letters and addressed envelopes and will be buying stamps at lunch-time.
I don't know if letters from outside Ireland will mean much (who means the majority of my friends list), but I'd encourage anyone in Ireland, or who has lived in Ireland, or has just seen movies they liked that were made here to have a look at the cut text below and make your own decision.
Hmmm, I think this is my first political post.
( It's behind here )
