The federal government will bring in outside help from the private sector to help its three-person advisory board assess applications under the tax offset scheme for video game developers.
The expert assessors, which are expected to assess applications on a case-by-case basis, will begin in July – a full two years after the Digital Games Tax Offset (DGTO) was first introduced.
The tax break provides video game studios with a 30 per cent refund on qualifying development costs since July 2022 in a bid to grow the size of Australia’s digital games development industry.
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