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: GamePolitics.comReport: Global Publisher Killed UK Tax Breaks
By pete_gallagher
Develop is reporting that 'one of the biggest game companies in the world" used strong arm tactics to help kill tax breaks for UK videogame developers.
The unnamed company in question reportedly 'spoke to well-placed parliament allies to dissuade any legislative measures.' Why would one company lobby so tirelessly against a measure that would help the industry as a whole? Develop wrote:
This company had apparently viewed game tax relief as a measure that would have given the UK an unfair advantage over other nations.
An unfair advantage? That phrase doesn't make much sense considering the UK has fallen into fourth place (by some accounts) in terms of number of game developers, trailing Japan, the U.S. and Canada. Read More
Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on June 25, 2010 (boomark / email).
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