POLL: NBR readers on using tax breaks to lure Hollywood to NZ
The government currently offers a 15% cashback grant to big-budget productions filmed in New Zealand.
Major Hollywood movie studios already get enough concessions and more tax breaks are not needed, according to NBR ONLINE readers.
Prime Minister John Key recently travelled to Los Angeles to meet Hollywood studio executives.
In a poll conducted by NBR ONLINE last week, readers were asked: Should the government raise the 15% cashback grant used to lure major film productions to New Zealand?
Thirty-three percent said yes, while 67% disagreed.
Mr Key has said bringing large Hollywood to productions here creates jobs for New Zealanders.
However, it has been revealed many of those positions are filled by overseas film workers.
Caleb Allison
Mon, 15 Oct 2012
Mon, 15 Oct 2012
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POLL: NBR readers on using tax breaks to lure Hollywood to NZ
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