Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Wolfgang Depner
Publication Date: July 7, 2025 - 23:30
B.C. boosts tax credit for game developers
July 7, 2025
The British Columbia government is boosting a tax credit to help developers of video games such as Electronic Arts EA-Q hire additional staff and invest money locally. Premier David Eby said the interactive visual media tax credit will go from 17.5 per cent to 25 per cent starting Sept. 1, which is also when the credit will become permanent to give industry additional certainty.
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