Screen NSW's Post, Digital and Visual Effects Rebate supports companies and practitioners carrying out PDV work in NSW.

The NSW Government offers a 10% rebate of qualifying expenditure on Post, Digital & Visual Effects (PDV) work carried out in NSW on or later than 1 October 2019 (“the Rebate”).

To be eligible, projects must be registered with Screen NSW. Only work undertaken after the date of registration will count as qualifying NSW PDV Expenditure. 

The Rebate complements the Australian Government’s PDV, Producer and Location Offsets, and Location Incentive. It may be stacked with any of those incentives. These guidelines should be read in conjunction with the Australian Government’s guidelines and glossary for the PDV Offset.

The Rebate is administered by Screen NSW, within the State’s arts, screen and culture agency, Create NSW, under the financial auspices of the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport (DCITHS).

The objectives of the program are:

• To grow the State’s reputation as a leading and globally competitive screen production and PDV centre, known for its innovation and excellence
• To increase business activity for the NSW PDV sector
• To promote investment in infrastructure, skills development, and jobs of the future
• To attract footloose PDV projects to NSW (projects that have a post‐production, digital effects or VFX destination alternative).

• Funding amount: From $50,000
• Applications opened for FY24/25: 1 July 2024
• Applications close for FY24/25: 30 June 2025

To be eligible for the Rebate, the following criteria must be met:

• The applicant must be an eligible entity
• The project must be an eligible format
• A project’s qualifying NSW PDV expenditure must meet or exceed the AU$500,000 minimum NSW spend threshold
• The applicant must submit an application to Screen NSW. Only PDV related activities performed on or after the date an application is submitted will be eligible for the Rebate.
• The applicant must not be in breach of any obligation under any funding agreement it has with the State including under this Rebate program.

To be eligible for the Rebate the applicant must:

• Have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
• Be the company that is either carrying out or is responsible for making the arrangements for the carrying out of all the activities in NSW that are related to the post, digital and visual effects for the project.

The applicant may be:

• An NSW PDV company
• An Australian producer not otherwise ineligible under this clause
• An international producer or studio
• A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV).

Please note, only one company can apply for the Rebate for a particular project.

• Email: anna.cho@screen.nsw.gov.au