The primary focus of Contrarian is the provision of SPV, tax and advisory services to production companies, studios and streamers and their specific projects seeking to access Australia’s various federal and state government incentives e.g. the Producer, Location and PDV Offsets and their regional/provincial equivalents. Since its inception, Contrarian has extensive experience in setting up, servicing & submitting project claims across a mix of US studio, local Australian and international feature co-productions and television series and mini-series.

Services include:

• SPV Entity set up and structure
• Film/TV Project incentive planning & advice
• Provisional Application advice, facilitation & lodgement
• Sponsorship of international Cast/Crew working on the project
• Enter into local union (MEAA) cast and crew agreement(s)
• Initial incentives estimate based on breakdown of budget
• Formal professional opinions in favour of the financier/lender and/or completion guarantor detailing the predicted qualifying spend
• Offset/Rebate financing and cashflow
• Tax Withholding Variations and Clearances for visiting actors and ATL personnel
• Production accounting/payroll and cost reporting
• Final application advice, facilitation & lodgement to achieve certification and acquittal with the relevant government authorities
• Production tax return(s) to claim the federal incentives