events

SPI is holding briefings on Section 481 in Dublin and Galway on the 7th & 8th October respectively.

Please see below for information on each event.

Dublin

SPI Briefing on Section 481 Scheme
Section 481 will be changing from a tax incentive based model to a corporation tax credit model in 2015.
This briefing for SPI members and key stakeholders will provide information on how the scheme is anticipated to change.
 
Panel includes:
James Flynn (Octagon Films), Barbara Galavan (CEO SPI), James Hickey (CEO Irish Film Board), Jonathan Kelly (Partner, Philip Lee Solicitors), Andrew Lowe (Element Pictures), Paul Mee (Tax Partner, Mazars)

Date:  Tuesday 7th October 2014
 
Time : 2.30pm-4.30pm

Venue:
Westbury Hotel Grafton St., Dublin 2

Galway

SPI Briefing on Section 481 Scheme
&
update on RTÉ Code of Fair Trading Practice and Industry VAT Rates

Section 481 will be changing from a tax incentive based model to a corporation tax credit model in 2015.
This briefing for SPI members and key stakeholders will provide information on how the scheme is anticipated to change. 

Plus

Update on RTÉ Code & Industry VAT Rates 
The new RTÉ Code of Fair Trading Practice (which replaces the old Terms of Trade) has now been incorporated into RTÉ Programme Licence and Investment contracts. 

This briefing for SPI members will highlight the changes to the commissioning and contracting process between RTE and independent producers based on the new RTÉ Code. 
 
The briefing will also cover the implications of the Revenue E-Brief on VAT treatment of independent film & TV productions issued in July.
 

Panel includes:
Barbara Galavan,(CEO, SPI), Jonathan Kelly, (Partner, Philip Lee Solicitors), Paul Mee, (Tax Partner, Mazars), Catherine Tiernan, (Membership & Business Affairs Executive, SPI).

Date: Wednesday 8^th October 2014
 
Time : 10.45am - 2.00pm         
 
Venue:
The Salthill Hotel, Promenade, Co. Galway