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UK AVEC & Independent Film Tax Credit · post-April 2025 regime

Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit

An indicative estimate of the cash credit a UK production can expect, built the way the claim is actually computed. Enter your figures and the schedule resolves live.

Production inputs
£
The whole production's core spend
£
Used or consumed in the UK
Estimated computation
Total core expenditure£600,000
UK core expenditure£433,211
80% cap (80% × total core)£480,000
Qualifying expenditureLimited by UK spend£433,211
Credit rate34%
Gross expenditure credit£147,292
Less: notional Corporation Tax @ 25%(£36,823)
Net payable credit
£110,469
Effective 25.50% of qualifying spend · 18.41% of total core
Which route pays more?
Standard AVEC · 34%£110,469
IFTC · 53%£172,201
IFTC is worth £61,733more in net cash on this spend, before the cost of the required Accountant's Report.
Reconciliation check: engine reproduces the worked example (£433,211 → gross £147,292 → net £110,469) to the pound.
Before you rely on this

This is an indicative estimate for planning, not a substitute for a formal claim. It assumes the production passes the cultural test and meets the 10% minimum-UK-spend rule, and it applies a single notional Corporation Tax rate to the whole credit. It does not model the cumulative-claim mechanism, connected-party adjustments, the Accountant's Report required for IFTC, or interactions with a company's wider tax position. IFTC additionally requires BFI low-budget certification and principal photography on or after 1 April 2024. Real figures should be prepared and signed off by a qualified adviser.