Before creating Contrarian, Founder Brett Thornquest (CPA, Registered Tax Agent) was a senior executive within the Moneypenny Group. His career has seen Brett develop a unique combination of experience in the entertainment industry, initially working as an on-set production accountant.
The primary focus of Contrarian is the provision of tax, advisory and compliance services to production companies, lenders and financiers and their specific projects seeking to access Australia’s various federal and state government incentives e.g. the Producer, Location and PDV Offsets. Contrarian has extensive experience submitting project claims across a mix of US studio, local Australian and international feature co-productions and TV series and mini-series.
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