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Entertainment Partner Karen Robson will be speaking at the 2010 International Film & TV Finance Summit to take place on March 8th and 9th at the Luxe Hotel in Los Angeles, California.  

Robson will be participating in a panel discussion entitled “Update on Availability of International Production Incentives in Financing an Independent Feature Film – Increasingly Important role of International Tax Incentives in Movie Making.” The topics to be discussed include:

• Obtaining tax incentives from more than one country?
• Strategies in utilizing international production incentives
• Getting the credits turned into cash
• How to fund an Indie film in reverse for the incentives
• Currency issues when filming abroad
• Audit and compliance issues
• Tax, accounting and payroll issues
• Use of co-production treaties
• Which country must be the “lead” producer-copyright issues
• Which countries offer best incentives for special effects/animation  

The Countries covered include Australia, Canada, Germany, the UK, Ireland, Italy and Belgium.

To download a brochure for the event, please click here.