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Video Games: Tax Allowances

Commons · Question 46423 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 29 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Scott Arthur

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the economic benefits generated by the (a) Video Games Tax Relief and (b) Video Games Expenditure Credit; and if she will take steps to reform tax incentives.

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 29 Apr 2025

Video games companies benefit from the Video Games Expenditure Credit (VGEC), which provides a generous tax credit of 34 per cent on UK video games development costs.A report published by the BFI in 2021 found that VGEC, previously known as the Video Game...