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  • About this Guide
    • History of the Best Practice Guide
    • Who this Guide is aimed at?
    • How to use this Guide
    • Production Accountant Job Profiles
    • Genre Specific Roles
    • Careers and Training
  • So, You Want to Work in Production Accounting?
  • Hear from the Production Accounting Professionals
  • Interview with Production Accountant Rebecca Wolf
  • Setting up a production
    • Initial Considerations
    • Budget Review
    • Cashflow Forecasts
    • Nominal Ledger/Chart of Accounts
    • Accounting Software
  • Development and Pre Production
    • Development
    • Budgeting and Scheduling
    • Budgeting Top Tips
    • Sources of Production Finance
    • Completion Guarantors
  • Bookkeeping / Accounting
    • Accruals or Cash Accounting?
    • Accounts Receivable / Debtors
    • Accounts Payable / Creditors
    • Bank Accounts
    • Petty Cash and Floats
    • Filing
    • Control of Credit / Debit cards
    • Production Assets
  • Production – Forecasting & Cost Reporting
    • Forecasting and Cost Reporting
    • Forecasting Top Tips
    • The Month End Cost Report
  • Post Production & Project Close
    • Post Production Accountant
    • Final Cost Reporting and Clear Up
    • Statutory Accounts
    • Production Audits
  • Payroll
    • Payroll – In House or Bureau?
    • Crew Payroll
    • Artists & Freelancers Payroll
    • Real Time Information – RTI
    • HMRC Payroll Regulations and Returns
  • Taxation
    • Taxation Introduction
    • VAT
    • The Foreign Entertainers Unit (FEU)
    • Tax Relief
  • Insurance
    • Production Package
    • Errors & Omissions
    • Employers & Public Liability
    • Travel Insurance
    • Motor Insurance
    • Insurance Claims
    • Other Insurances
    • Completion Guarantors
  • Employment Law and Contracting for Work or Services
    • Contracts for Individuals / Loan Outs
    • Employment Rights
    • Determining Employment Status
    • Holiday – Entitlement and Pay
    • UK Working Time Regulations
    • Stakeholder Pension and NEST
    • Minimum Wage
    • Artists’ Contracts
    • Employment of Children
    • Other Agreements
  • Foreign Filming
    • Introduction
    • Checklist
    • General Considerations
    • Financial Considerations
    • Foreign Fixer/Production Company / Overseas Facility Company
    • Travel & Logistics
    • Legal Considerations
  • GDPR
    • Introduction
    • What Personal Data is covered by the GDPR?
    • Lawful Bases
    • Responsibilities
    • Personal Data Breaches
    • Children
    • Rights
  • Pension Auto-Enrolment
    • Introduction
    • Employer Duties
    • Duties Start Date and Postponement
    • Other Types of Worker
    • Minimum Pension Contribution Rates and Qualifying Earnings
    • Ongoing Responsibilities
  • Apprenticeship Levy
    • Introduction
    • Calculating Apprenticeship Levy
    • Paying the Apprenticeship Levy
    • The Apprenticeship Levy and Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV)
    • Using the funds in your Apprenticeship Service Account
  • Resources
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Production Accounting Know-How

Production Accounting Know-how

An Online Best Practice Guide to Film & TV Accounting, Business & Legal

  • About the Guide

  • So, you want to work in production accounting?

  • Hear from the production accounting professionals

  • Interview with production accountant Rebecca Wolf

  • Setting up a Production

  • Development & Pre-production

  • Bookkeeping / Accounting

  • Production - Forecasting & Cost

  • Post Production & Project Close

  • Payroll

  • Taxation

  • Insurance

  • Employment Law and Contracting for Work or Service

  • Foreign Filming

  • GDPR

  • Pension Auto-Enrolment

  • Apprenticeship Levy

  • Resources

This guide contains general information only. Nothing in the guide constitutes legal advice. You should consult a suitably qualified lawyer on any specific legal problem or matter.

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