Final Certification

The Producer Offset is paid through the Australian company tax system after a project is completed and Screen Australia has issued the production company with a Final Certificate. Your application for a Final Certificate provides the basis for calculating the payment of the Offset by the Australian Taxation Office.

You can only apply for a Final Certificate after the film is completed, all expenditure has ceased and the project has evidence of distribution.

Please allow 10 weeks for a completed final application to be assessed and the final certificate to be issued (this may be longer if Screen Australia receives an incomplete application and need to chase up paperwork). 

  1. Read the guidelines and supporting material available at right

  2. Download both the Application for Final Certificate (writeable Word document) and the Auditor's Statement Pro-forma - Attachment A (Word document)

  3. Submit the relevant Excel spreadsheet with your application. Please download a new spreadsheet from the website with each project to ensure you have the latest version. The current versions were uploaded on 22 June 2011.


  4. The Producer Offset is GST-inclusive. When applying for a final certificate we would expect to see a breakdown of all QAPE/NON-QAPE expenses – plus GST on each item. Ideally, your general ledger will track QAPE items and the GST paid on them. Please see the relevant spreadsheets available on our website that are required to be completed when applying for a Final Certificate. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

guidelines &
application form

SUPPORTING MATERIAL

LEGISLATION

  • Legislation: Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No.5) Act 2007 No.164, 2007 (pages 120 to 177 are the relevant pages for the Producer Offset)
  • Explanatory Memorandum: Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measure No.5) Bill 2007 (pages 183 to 236 are the relevant pages for the Producer Offset)

See also

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