The up-to-70% incentive, depending on how much of a movie’s budget is spent in Bizkaia, comes after “Game of Thrones” turned San Juan into a major tourist destination. We have a lot to gain there,” said Ainara Basurko, Bizkaia head of economic promotion. “The idea is to leverage tax incentives to strengthen our culture and film industries, where we think we have a lot to offer, attract outside companies and promote our variety of settings to the world. It is also championed by the Bizkaia government, which handles its own tax collection. In the case of Bizkaia, the new credit has received approval from E.U. As important for big foreign productions is the legal certainty that they will be paid.

That spike came after Spanish authorities raised ceilings on incentives to $10 million per title, rising to $18 million in the Canary Islands.īut tax break rates are one thing. In general, foreign shoots are flocking to Spain, spending €263 million ($263 million) there in 2021, double the 2016-19 average, according to a study by the country’s ProFilm line producers assn. “ House of the Dragon” has returned to islet San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, “ Game of Thrones’” Dragonstone. The tax break forms part of a ramp up of Spain’s big international shoot scene. Notably, the incentive has no cap at all. 1, 2023 Spain’s Bizkaia looks set to offer an up-to-70% tax credit for foreign and national shoots lensing in the Basque province.

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