ABOUT
This 3-day workshop provides you with in-depth and practical information on production financing and accounting.
- Create a budget, a financing plan and cash flow reports
- Understand tax credit eligibility requirements
- Get hands-on experience fulfilling required elements of applications to Ontario Creates, CAVCO and CMF—from development to final reporting
- Learn how to wrap production financials
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have taken the Production Accounting & Tax Credits module of the Media Business Essentials program as taught by Lisa Broadfoot and Lori MacIndoe (in early 2021), please know that this course will follow the same format and basic curriculum, but will delve deeper into each of the topics.
Our Intermediate Production Accounting and Tax Credits Workshop delves deeper into the role of the Production Accountant and the staff of a typical production accounting department.
In this workshop series, you will participate in interactive discussions and exercises covering the methods and procedures used by a media production accounting department.
You will also learn about business structures, budgets, cash flows, controlling costs through cost reports, the workflow of the accounting department, applying for and estimating the refundable tax credits, and the eligibility requirements and application processing for funding agencies such as the Canada Media Fund.
This program will be taught IN PERSON.
YOU MUST HAVE ACCESS TO EXCEL SOFTWARE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EXERCISES IN THIS PROGRAM
DATES
2026 DATES COMING SOON
ELIGIBILITY
The WIFT+ Toronto Intermediate Production Accounting and Tax Credits workshop series is recommended for those who have moderate/working knowledge of production accounting and/or financing. People who have taken the Production Accounting and Tax Credits and/or the Business Affairs and Finance module in our Media Business Essentials intensive will find this workshop builds on those modules.
This workshop is open to ALL; WIFT+ Toronto members and non-members, regardless of gender expression.
Please note that this workshop is not affiliated with any training required to upgrade your accounting department category in the Directors Guild of Canada.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have taken the Production Accounting & Tax Credits module of the Media Business Essentials program as taught by Lisa Broadfoot and Lori MacIndoe (in early 2021), please know that this course will follow the same format and basic curriculum, but will delve deeper into each of the topics.
**YOU MUST HAVE ACCESS TO EXCEL SOFTWARE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EXERCISES IN THIS PROGRAM**
FEES
WIFT+ Toronto Members: $375 (+ HST)
Non-Members: $500 (+ HST)
Two (2) scholarships are available to cover program fees for participants of this program thanks to support from the Foundation for Women in Film & Television – Toronto. The scholarship application deadline is Sunday, January 5, 2025 (11:59pm EDT).
INSTRUCTORS
INSTRUCTORS
Instructor: Sasha Boersma - Co-Founder/Producer - Sticky Brain Studios
Instructor: Alicia Petrusa - Senior Relationship Manager, Media & Entertainment - RBC