The sector awaits answers on the new fiscal rules to ensure fairness and development
The Italian film industry is eagerly awaiting the corrective decree on Tax Credit, expected by March, which could represent a turning point for SMEs in the audiovisual sector. The recent reform has introduced stricter criteria for access to tax incentives, creating significant challenges for independent productions and smaller companies. The hope is that the new provisions will correct the emerging issues, ensuring a fairer and more accessible system.
Stricter constraints: opportunity or obstacle?
The regulatory changes have redefined the parameters for accessing the tax credit, imposing the requirement of a minimum theatrical distribution to qualify for incentives. This change aims to streamline public resources, favoring projects with a greater economic and cultural impact. However, this increased selectivity risks penalizing small and medium-sized enterprises, which may find themselves excluded from a system designed to favor already established entities.
An uncertain future for cinema SMEs
According to the president of Unimpresa Cinema e Audiovisivo, Erica Favia, it is essential to ensure greater regulatory clarity for SMEs, which need support tools tailored to their structure and production capacity. The lack of specific legislation could compromise production diversity, further restricting the market and limiting the plurality of Italian film offerings.
Collaboration among associations for a more inclusive sector
A possible solution could be greater collaboration among industry associations, so that sector growth does not remain the exclusive domain of major productions. A more inclusive dialogue between different production realities could transform the Tax Credit into a true development tool, capable of ensuring a balance of resources and a fairer distribution of tax incentives.
The need for concrete answers
With the corrective decree deadline approaching, the industry awaits concrete answers from institutions. The challenge will be to strike a balance between rationalizing public spending and supporting film enterprises, to prevent the new system from benefiting only the usual players. Only a targeted intervention can guarantee the survival of a diverse production network and the growth of the entire audiovisual sector.
What do you think? Is the new Tax Credit truly a development tool, or does it risk penalizing small productions? Share your opinion in the comments!
