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5 Reasons Every Production Accountant Needs the Paymaster Guide
Learn why EP’s Paymaster Rate Guide is the go-to resource for Paymasters, Producers and Production Accountants – for over 30 years! Building and managing an accurate production budget is no small feat. It can take weeks or months to sort out filming details and find accurate rates and wage scales. Accountants, producers…
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Post-Production and Delivery: Budgeting Tips and Best Practices
Insights into post-production and distribution to help filmmakers manage budgets and keep projects on track. New filmmakers are often surprised by how much pre-work goes into budgeting for post-production and distribution. Associated costs typically eat up between fifteen and thirty percent of a film’s total budget—but can…
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Freelance Production Accountant seeking work
Hello everyone, With my latest project close to completion, I have been actively seeking full—or part-time Production Accountant work. I'm a professional with over 14 years of production finance experience in film, television, and online media. I work primarily remotely but am willing to travel as well. Any leads will be…
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How to Prepare for an Audit: Tips for UK Productions
Discover key strategies UK film and TV production companies can use to effectively prepare for an audit. In the UK, all companies must file publicly available financial statements with the company registrar, Companies House. For some companies—particularly inward investment film and TV production companies—these financial…
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The Production Accountant’s Guide to Foreign Taxation
Answers to common questions about tax treaties, tax codes and how paying foreign taxes can impact US taxation if your production is filming abroad. It’s a big world out there. Filming in a foreign country opens up exciting opportunities to seek out unique scenery, take advantage of incredible incentive programs, and tap…
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Cloud Spreadsheet for Timesheets for EP
Greetings, I have been building an interactive Google Sheets database for Timesheet tracking/population. So far, the database is able to handle up to 250 individuals a day across different departments and can clock in and out, along with meal breaks, penalties, and other timesheet information. The database so far is…
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Watch: Tax Considerations for US Productions Working Abroad
Paying US crew filming outside of the US is complex. Our experts will show you how to navigate the process! Payroll tax compliance across multiple jurisdictions can get complicated, and fast! If your production is filming outside of the US, or your accounting team is paying US-based talent or crew, this webinar is for you.…
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Preparing for the Upcoming Changes to the UK Creative Sector Tax Credits
Understanding the UK's Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit (AVEC), Video Games Expenditure Credit (VGEC), and how these relief changes will impact production budgets. On July 18, 2023 the UK government published draft legislation on the reform of the UK creative sector tax reliefs. The reform was announced by Chancellor Jeremy…
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State-by-State Guide to Disability Insurance
A comprehensive overview of State Disability Insurance (SDI) and how these figures impact production payroll. As a production accountant, it’s important to understand state disability insurance (SDI), also known as temporary disability insurance (TDI) or short-term disability insurance (STD). In this post, we’ll provide a…
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Spotlight: Sam Collett, UK Production Accounting and Incentives Expert
Meet the Senior Partner at FLB Accountants, an Entertainment Partners company specializing in UK media and entertainment accounting, tax, incentives and finance. Production accountants have always been in high demand in the UK film and TV industry, but became even more essential following the production boom of recent…