FILM HIRE TAX

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25270, 23 August 1947, Page 10

FILM HIRE TAX

RECOMMENDATION FOR INCREASE PRODUCTIONS ALREADY IN N.Z. NOT AFFECTED From Our Own Reporter WELLINGTON, August 22. Ar assuiance was given by the “Aid to Britain' conference to-day that if the recommendation for increased film hue tax v as approved, the tax would nn dffeci American films already in the. country The question was raised by Mi R. K Stewart, representing the Motion Picture Distributors’ Association. when a proposal to raise the hire tax irom 25 per cent, to 40 per cent. w-i« being considered. Wnen Great Britain increased the ta> on American films, one condition was that those films already in the cour> try should be excluded, said Mr St«wart. If New Zealand adopted a different method the result might be inju ous .c Great Britain, whose films w: re regarded highly in the United States

Ti e Prime Minister (Mr P. Fraser) suggested that if the provision was m-de to operate nn films entering the country as from to-day the case would bt met. and distributors would be satisfied

Mi Stewart agreed that this course wn.?la meet with approval. He pledged the support of the New Zealand motion pictuie industry in the Government’s efforts to help Britain.