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== Applying for the Cultural Test ==
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You can do that via the [https://www.bfi.org.uk/film-industry/british-certification-tax-relief/cultural-test-video-games BFI website].
  
  

Revision as of 13:55, 25 June 2019


Applying for the Cultural Test

You can do that via the BFI website.


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