Tax cut warning for TV, film jobs

THE bulk of the 4,300 people working in the independent television and film sector face unemployment or emigration when Finance Minister Charlie McCreevy axes a special tax incentive, it was claimed yesterday.

Also, up to 1,000 film and TV graduates are looking at a very uncertain future, Screen Producers Ireland (SPI) told key educators yesterday.

SPI believes that 80% of production work in Ireland will quickly come to an end if the Section 481 tax incentive is removed.