Game Industry Tax Relief Takes Center Stage at Develop

July 17, 2011

Vincent Scheurer of the London-based law firm Sarassin LLP passed us a note to let everyone know that he will be talking about game industry tax breaks in the UK at Develop. He will be presenting a talk called "Who’s Afraid of Games Tax Relief?" at the Develop conference in Brighton next week.

"This talk will consider, amongst other things, the arguments for and against games tax relief, together with an analysis of the lobbying from within the games industry which has recently been disclosed via the Freedom of Information Act," Scheurer wrote in an email to GamePolitics.

Scheurer's talk will commence at 4.30pm on Wednesday, July 20. Anyone with a free Expo pass may attend the talk. Scheurer says that he expects a "lively debate on the pros and cons of games tax relief."

You can find out more about Scheurer and his work by visiting his firm's web site.

 
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DorthLous: PWAHAHAHAH, the MS spinning sound woke me up :)06/19/2013 - 4:27pm
Andrew Eisen: Microsoft's new console shall now be known as the Xbox One-Eighty.06/19/2013 - 4:17pm
Andrew Eisen: I imagine we were typing our respective shouts at the same time.06/19/2013 - 4:14pm
MaskedPixelante: So Andrew... is there going to be a new poll now? I mean, the one about the XBO DRM is kinda no longer relevant.06/19/2013 - 4:13pm
Andrew Eisen: In light of Xbox One's furious backpeddling on its DRM policies, I'm closing the poll for now. I'll probably write a new one later today or tomorrow.06/19/2013 - 4:11pm
IanC: Found three people whining about this so far. Saying that its because of cheapasses and that its going to be horrible online now. W T and indeed F.06/19/2013 - 4:09pm
Andrew Eisen: Technogeek - I agree but: "After a one-time system set-up with a new Xbox One, you can play any disc based game without ever connecting online again." Why do I need to connect online to set up a system I'm not going to use online?06/19/2013 - 4:07pm
Technogeek: @Andrew Eisen: I can't really see any other possible use for the one-time setup given the listed changes.06/19/2013 - 3:58pm
PHX Corp: http://news.xbox.com/2013/06/update it's available as of now06/19/2013 - 3:49pm
MaskedPixelante: Backpedal! Backpedal like the wind!06/19/2013 - 3:47pm
Andrew Eisen: Here's a telling bit: the page with the updates to the DRM? Yeah, it's down right now. And MS wonders why this "online check" stuff irks us so much.06/19/2013 - 3:40pm
Imautobot: Damage is done, I am not going to give them another chance.06/19/2013 - 3:38pm
Andrew Eisen: "Online authentication will still be required, but only during a console's initial setup" Hopefully, that means setting up Xbox Live and such.06/19/2013 - 3:38pm
PHX Corp: @EZK one down, one to go06/19/2013 - 3:37pm
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E. Zachary Knight: Gamasutra has confirmed it. They are reversing their DRM policies. Not sure what it all entails though. http://gamasutra.com/view/news/194649/Microsoft_reverses_Xbox_One_DRM_policy.php06/19/2013 - 3:33pm
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