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UK Video Game Tax Cuts Sabotaged?
ninjacheeseburger writes "Develop recently published an article claiming that the UK government was put under pressure by one of the biggest game companies in the world to cancel planned tax breaks for video game developers. This company had apparently viewed game tax relief as a measure that would have given the UK an unfair advantage over other nations."
really?.. they wouldnt be the first country to put tax breaks in for creative sectors.. seems like the Other countries already have the unfair advantage over the UK.. this would be more like leveling the field.
No, it was probably Activision/Blizzard, they're bigger than EA now, and Bobby Kotick, the CEO, is a big bully.
In that case, the video game industry should cut costs and make games people want to buy, yes?
Nintendo, for example, seems to be doing just fine. Maybe their strategy of expanding the market is the right way to do things, rather than expecting handouts from the government?
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The UK is good for exporting haggis, but India is the IT bread-basket of the West.
You're either a very good troll, or an extremely obnoxious prick. Actually, it could be a bit of both.
which is totally what she said
We have to be this generous to attract talent, it's not like people move here for the weather or civil liberties :)
Yes, because we all know objectively that [your chosen political party here] is perfect and [any other political party] are immoral scum, and would plunge the earth into darkness, illiteracy and overabundance of [insert bad thing here] if they regained power.
Am I doing it right? Perhaps not polarised enough, and I need to detach from reality a little more?
which is totally what she said
Don't you think the treasury ran the numbers on whether it was worth it? We're borrowing £500,000,000 per day for goodness sake!
Right, but whether this is worthwhile depends on by how much.
That's why one must, as the parent said, calculate the price elasticity of demand to determine whether a tax will in practice increase or reduce revenue.