Creative tax credits: an update

Jai Vora, Partner, Creative Industry Tax Reliefs, Film & TV, Theatre, Digital & Content, SRLV
Jai works with film, TV, video game and theatre producers and creatives, and their companies throughout all stages of their production set-up in the UK; from national & international film & TV franchises, established independents and corporates, to fledgling start-ups. He leads SRLV’s Creative Industry Tax Relief team and advise clients across all available reliefs, including those for film, TV, theatre, video game companies, as well as museums and professional orchestras. The majority of his work is focussed on supporting clients with raising finance and accessing Creative Industry Tax Reliefs. Jai and his team also work closely with SRLV’s affiliate company, Above Title Production Finance, which provide production accounting services for West End and UK Touring theatre shows, including withholding tax and royalties.

James Green, Finance Director, House Productions
James has 14 years of experience in various finance roles across the film & tv industry, with extensive experience of UK and overseas tax credits. He joined House Productions in 2018 and helped complete the sale of the company to BBC Studios in December 2021.

Alice Williams, Technical and Policy Adviser, Creatives Industries Relief, HMRC
Alice joined HMRC’s Creative Industries reliefs team as a technical and policy adviser just over two years ago, working on the whole range of audio-visual and cultural sector reliefs. Previously, she worked in HMRC’s Large Business department, which covers banks and asset managers.

Peter Atkins, Creative Relief Case Consultant, HMRC
Peter is a Creative Relief Case Consultant, providing technical support on cases, and also supporting the claim handling process. He has worked in the Creative reliefs team since 2015. Before joining the Creative Industries Team, Peter worked for HMRC in other tax reliefs and Employer Duties teams.