Video Games Tax Relief (VGTR)

Applying for the Cultural Test

You can do that via the BFI website.

Economic Impacts of the VGTR

These can be found in the Screen Business report.

Certifications by Fiscal (Financial) Year

Latest data available here

Final Certifications per Year

Year	Number	EEA/UK spend (£m)	Total budget (£m)	UK spend as a % of total budget
Apr 2014-Mar 2015	19	14.3	15.1	95.2%
Apr 2014-Mar 2016	133	189.0	275.3	68.7%
Apr 2014-Mar 2017	214	220.8	258.3	85.5%
Apr 2014-Mar 2018	201	247.8	262.6	94.4%
Apr 2014-Mar 2019	188	430.1	1,042.1	41.3%

Interim Certifications per Year

Year	Number	EEA/UK spend (£m)	Total budget (£m)	UK spend as a % of total budget
Apr 2014-Mar 2015	47	157.7	166.32	94.7%
Apr 2014-Mar 2016	136	575.75	631.22	91.22%
Apr 2014-Mar 2017	187	412.27	482.22	85.5%
Apr 2014-Mar 2018	181	540.43	1,107.17	48.8%
Apr 2014-Mar 2019	151	411.91	536.96	41.3%

Median budgets of interim video game cultural test certifications

Year	Median budget (£m)
2014*	0.2
2015	0.6
2016	0.4
2017	0.4
2018	0.5
2019 (Q1)	1.0

NB. As the tax relief for video games commenced in April 2014, median budget for 2014 is for Q2-Q4.

Certifications by Calendar Year

Latest data available here

Final Certifications per Year

Year	Number	UK/EEA spend (£m)	Total budget (£m)	UK/EEA spend as a % of total budget
2015	116	180.9	265.6	68.1%
2016	189	202.2	224.5	90.1%
2017	212	248.8	277.5	89.7%
2018	195	201.9	263.9	76.5%

Interim Certifications per Year

Year	Number	UK/EEA spend (£m)	Total budget (£m)	UK/EEA spend as a % of total budget
2015	121	548.0	603.6	90.8%
2016	176	401.7	466.9	86.0%
2017	179	434.3	461.7	94.1%
2018	170	517.6	1,106.4	46.8%

Median budgets of interim video game cultural test certifications

Year	Median budget (£m)
2015	0.6
2016	0.4
2017	0.4
2018	0.5