Production Budgeting Services

Here is the breakdown. We prepare shoot budgets for projects shooting in Belgium, building full line-by-line budgets that reflect real local costs for crew, gear, locations, post and overheads across Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels. Our team models the Belgian Tax Shelter — the tax-incentive scheme through which Belgian firms invest in qualifying audiovisual shoots in exchange for a tax gain — and works from its qualifying-expenditure rules so the budget supports the funding rather than undermining it.

Here is how that works. We layer in the regional funds that sit on top of the Tax Shelter: the VAF and Screen Flanders in Dutch-speaking Flanders, the Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel and Wallimage in French-speaking Wallonia, and screen.brussels in the capital, plus any co-funding from VRT or RTBF. Budgets are denominated in euros with VAT at 21% accounted for across.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Sound budget work in Belgium depends on knowing how the funding pieces fit together. The Tax Shelter brings big private investment to shoots that spend in Belgium. Even so, the gain depends on meeting spend thresholds and qualifying-expenditure criteria, so we structure budgets to satisfy those conditions while keeping the production deliverable. Regional funds each carry their own eligibility and spend-obligation rules. This influence where a production places its costs across Belgium's federal map.

Here is how the picture comes together. In practice, the work is hands-on. We benchmark against comparable Belgian shoots, from tightly run Dardenne-style features to larger global shoots, build in weather backup for the temperate maritime climate, and give producers a budget that is both honest about cost and optimised for the Belgian funding system — the foundation for a successful Tax Shelter and regional-fund package.