SA Film Rebate & Net Exposure Calculator
A free, producer-ready tool for estimating your DTIC film rebate, bonus uplifts, and net exposure — built on the verified 2025/26 Incentive Schemes Guide.
What the calculator does
Instant rebate estimate
Enter your total budget and qualifying SA expenditure — get your DTIC rebate, applicable caps, and net exposure in seconds.
Verified 2025/26 rate card
Every rate is sourced from the official DTIC Incentive Schemes Guide and versioned. You always know exactly what the number is based on.
Status-aware
Each incentive programme is tagged with a live status. We flag paused or backlogged schemes before you plan your schedule around them.
Bonus uplift modelling
See how B-BBEE level, SA shoot days, and co-production status affect your bonus rate — and model different scenarios side by side.
Full incentive stack
SA Production, Co-Production, Emerging Black Filmmakers, and Foreign Film programmes — all in one place, with eligibility gates applied automatically.
A note on DTIC programme status
The DTIC film incentives are rate-current but payout-delayed. As of early 2026 there is a public backlog of over R473M in approved-but-unpaid claims. The Foreign Film and TV Production Incentive has been under an administrative freeze since late 2023. The calculator will flag these statuses clearly so you can treat the DTIC layer as a contingent line item when planning.
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