The Best Entertainment Era

In the bright office, Helen sat at the desk, looking at the lawyer opposite.

Although emotionally, she was willing to believe the words of that little guy Ronan Anderson, but as a businessman, especially a business that might involve tens of millions of dollars, she couldn't be careless.

The opinions of more professional and trustworthy people are very important.

Ms. Koch, in the past two days, we have done a lot of research and practical investigations. It was a middle-aged bald man with glasses, and his ingenuity probably lost his hair. If there are any problems, this is the government's policy to attract foreign capital, encourage investment and prosper the economy.

Helen nodded slightly, Ronan was as reliable as she imagined.

The bald lawyer also said: In terms of actual operation, there are currently several film companies engaged in related businesses in Germany, which have already contributed to many successful cases. Hollywood's Paramount Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, etc., New Line Pictures and Dimensional Companies such as the industry, have films that have enjoyed this preferential policy. In addition, TMG is handling matters related to Tolkien’s magical epic Lord of the Rings trilogy for New Line Films, and it is said that they will soon pass the approval.

Helen asked: Will there be any follow-up troubles? Such as chasing money?

No. The bald lawyer said with a smile: This is a law and regulation. Similar operations have been going on for many years. It is a completely legal tax avoidance.

He added: The government introduced this policy to encourage film investment.

There are a lot of successful cases to be found, and it is a policy introduced by the government, so the operation is not a problem at all. Helen turned to ask: What about the middlemen?

This policy has led to the creation of some intermediate agents. The bald lawyer replied: Some lawyers and accountants with extensive networks and operational capabilities have also entered this industry to assist foreign film projects to obtain this preferential policy, so as to benefit from it. A handsome commission is drawn.

He smiled: The intermediary agent hired by Mr. Anderson is a colleague of mine, but they are specialized in entertainment copyright business. They have operated two film projects in the past, and all of them were successful. From my personal point of view, the success this time Rates are still high.

Helen nodded slowly: So legal tax avoidance is feasible?

The bald lawyer was very sure: It's totally feasible, provided the film partner is needed.

Helen thought for a while and made a decision: You assist Tony to register a company as soon as possible, and at the same time contact Ronan and his intermediate lawyer team to prepare related matters.

Okay. The bald lawyer was ready: I'll do it now.

After the lawyer left, Helen sat quietly in the office, thought for a while, and picked up the phone.

Heidi? That's right, it's me, Helen. Do you have time this afternoon? Shall we have afternoon tea together? Okay, I'll make an appointment with some friends.

Louis, I'm Helen. Heidi and I have made an appointment to have tea together in the afternoon. Are we together? Well, we'll wait for you.

Manina...

Helen knew a lot of rich people, and many of them were troubled by heavy taxes.

Legal tax avoidance is always a topic of great concern to the rich.

With the assistance of professionals, Ronan and Tony have been busy for a while, and a company affiliated to Tony - Koch Films Company - quickly completed the registration.

Ronan's Sand Sea Entertainment also signed a copyright transfer and lease agreement with Koch's film company, and Mueller's lawyer's intermediary team began to operate the matter of applying for a tax refund policy.

The main reason why Germany's tax rebate benefits are being targeted by Hollywood is that you don't have to wait for the end of the film, but you can get the tax rebate funds based on the estimated income of the comprehensive assessment before the project starts.

The amount of tax rebate is one-tenth of the expected income of the film. Of course, this expected income cannot be reported casually.

It's not the first time Mueller's lawyers have done something like this.

There is a mature mode of operation, basically the budget cost is multiplied by a coefficient of about 1.2 to 1.3.

There are ready-made cases in this regard. Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible also went around in Germany. The budget of the film was 80 million US dollars.

Of course, the amount of expected income cannot be reported casually. If it fails to pass the review, it will be a tragedy.

The middleman team bundled Reaper and Kingsman into a project package with a combined estimated revenue of $50 million.

In addition, Mueller's lawyers' team is actively lobbying for public relations.

In some respects, this intermediary team is Ronan's professional broker in his previous life.

Networks and channels, and even family background, sometimes can really be directly realized.

This is the first time for Ronan to come to Germany. Although he has a lot of theoretical knowledge, he has never practiced it. At first, he wanted to cooperate with a German film company. Later, he chose a backup plan. The real operation still depends on Germany. middleman.

In this strange country, he mostly followed the middleman, watching more and learning more.

And, of course, Tony Koch.

Tony temporarily asked for a leave of absence from the company in Munich, and together with Ronan, worked hard on tax rebates and other matters for the two films.

If this can be done, the handling fee for the withdrawal alone...

After a busy morning, Tony said to Ronan while eating lunch, It's just my salary for several years.

Ronan looked up at him, and asked, After completing these two projects, let's resign and specialize in this line of work. I still have many film projects in the future.

Tony nodded again and again: I think so too. Ronan, you opened the door to a new world for me!

Ronan stretched out his right hand and said, I wish us a happy future cooperation.

Tony shook his hand firmly: It's a pleasant cooperation. He withdrew his hand and asked, I don't know how many years this tax rebate policy will last.

Ronan shrugged: I don't know either.

Anyway, in his last year in his previous life, this policy seemed to still exist.

The original intention of the German government to formulate this tax rebate policy is good, but now Hollywood and even some European film companies are cooperating with German film companies to a certain extent to take advantage of policy loopholes.

Many countries have film tax rebates, but the restrictions are very strict, such as New Zealand, Canada, and Australia. Films that require tax rebates must complete more than 80% of the filming in the country.

Even the United Kingdom, which has relatively loose restrictions, requires some scenes of the film to be shot in the United Kingdom, and British actors must be used in the crew.

All in all, Germany definitely belongs to the group with the most lenient tax rebate conditions. It neither requires filming in Germany nor requires the use of German actors or behind-the-scenes staff.

In terms of these alone, Germany can be regarded as the living capital of Hollywood movies.

Of course, not every submitted project can pass the review.

This game can only be played by commercial films with relatively high investment. The market, economic and even financial driving effects that small-budget literary films can play are really limited. Expensive legal fees and intermediary fees are not affordable for ordinary small companies and small production films. .

How's the progress with Aunt Helen? Ronan asked at this moment.

Tony shrugged: It went well. Mom convinced several friends and business partners, and legal tax avoidance is also what they want, and the $40 million will be in place soon.

Ronan deliberately lowered his voice and asked, How many points do you smoke?

Tony opened one hand: It's the first time, it's my mother's friend again, so it's not easy to take too much. He shook his head and said, If you don't enter an industry, you really don't understand this industry. A tax rebate policy makes the film company Play with flowers.

Ronan smiled: This is just a loophole that can be used to play around the corner.

How should my company develop in the future? Tony asked seriously, Can you make some suggestions?

Ronan thought for a while, Tony's career did not conflict with him, and it would be a help when it was done well, and said: Use your Koch Film Company to set up a film fund, and raise funds from the society within the legal scope. During the cooperation, you can extract a higher handling fee...Well, if your foundation actually participates in my film investment, you can also enjoy the film profit share.

He also has a conscience: When you have time later, you should go to Los Angeles to witness the operating rules of Hollywood.

Hollywood's sexy charm for overseas financial backers is eternal. This batch retreats despite the difficulties, and the next batch will still step forward on the bones of the predecessors.

Tony rubbed his chin: Sounds good.

Ronan smiled. If this can be done, there will be a stable source of funds for investing in films in the future.

There is a consensus in the Hollywood industry that the setting of the film financing structure is to let the person who pays the money bear the greatest risk. Hollywood receives subsidies, and the distributors can make a steady profit without losing money. Therefore, overseas funders who invest in Hollywood are outright taken advantage of.

Tony asked again: Are there many people interested in film investment?

Ronan said directly: Hollywood is like a lamp, there will always be moths coming. It is not difficult to attract moths.

(Germany’s policy is to refund taxes in advance. There are too many real cases in reality. Many movies that are co-produced with virtue and virtue are actually beneficiaries of this policy. In the past two years, it has been said that it will be revised, but it seems that it has not been changed yet.)