On 17 Feb, 12:02, Phantom scojocupcake <bo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I read this about film director Uwe Boll:
>
> =A0Boll explains how he funds his films:
>
> "Maybe you know it but it's not so easy to finance movies in total.
> And the reason I am able to do these kind of movies is I have a tax
> shelter fund in Germany, and if you invest in a movie in Germany you
> get basically fifty percent back from the Government."
>
> Boll is able to acquire funding thanks to German tax laws that reward
> investments in film. The law allows investors in German-owned films to
> write off 100% of their investment as a tax deduction; it also allows
> them to invest borrowed money and write off any fees associated with
> the loan. The investor is then only required to pay taxes on the
> profits made by the movie; if the movie loses money, the investor gets
> a tax writeoff.
>
> -------------------------------------------------
>
> He makes video game movies - House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark,
> BloodRayne, BloodRayne II: Deliverance. They get terrible reviews from
> fans and critics. But he gets them made nonetheless.
>
> I wonder if Rebellion could do something similar? Try to make a German
> owned 2000AD film? Perhaps Rebellion could contact people in the
> German film industry and see if there's any potential in them
> investing in a 2000AD film. Might be worth finding out. Just a
> suggestion.
>
> Flufflemuffle
Quote:
In January 2006, as had been expected for several months, the German
legislature changed the country's tax laws to eliminate the tax
shelter. It is not known if this will have any effect on Boll's
funding as the new laws only seek to punish investors who are abusing
the law for tax purposes; Boll's activities appear to be well within
the legitimate usage of the tax shelter.
Oh well, forget this thread.
scojo
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