Production Budgeting Services

Here is how this works in practice. We develop detailed shoot budgets grounded in today's Austrian market data, working alongside the line producer to translate the creative plan into accurate, financeable numbers. Our budgets reflect real local costs: crew rates set by the film-industry Kollektivvertrag, gear-rental and studio pricing from Vienna and Salzburg, location fees, and the transport and lodging premiums of Alpine and remote units.

Here is the short of it. We work in Euro, around 1.08 US dollars, and treat the 20% VAT (Umsatzsteuer) correctly across recoverable and non-recoverable lines. Key, we structure budgets to optimise rebates recovery, allocating qualifying spend to capture the maximum gain from the ÖFI+ and FISA+ 30% rebates, and we build fitting spares for weather and access risk on mountain shoots.

Here is the breakdown. Sound budget work in Austria depends on knowing how the country funds film. ÖFI+, administered by the Österreichisches Filminstitut, and FISA+, run by aws, both rebates 30% of qualifying Austrian expenditure, and these can stack with regional funds from Filmfonds Wien, Cinestyria, Lower Austria, Tyrol, Salzburg, and Carinthia, lifting the good return above 35%.

Here is the breakdown. Each scheme carries spend thresholds and eligibility rules that directly shape how a budget should be constructed, so we model them from the first draft. For co-productions we handle multi-currency budget work and the allocation of spend across areas to satisfy treaty and rebates conditions.

Across production we give cost tracking and variance reporting, keeping the budget accurate and the rebates position covered from pre-production through final reconciliation.