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Government doubles fee for film classification procedure
Budget 2014 increases fee from €46.59 to €100 per film.
4 December 2013, 12:00am
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
1 min read
While the government has claimed it wanted to help cinema operators in Malta, it has now doubled the fees for film examinations, the Opposition's spokesperson for culture Francis Zammit Dimech said.
"This is a new tax which government conveniently hid in the Budget it has just presented," he said.
The legal notice amends the fees for the age-classification of films, which levies €5 per film trailer and €100 per film. The fees include the issuing of the age-classification certificate provided for in the Cinema and Stage Age-Classification.
The MP said that new regulations which came into force through a legal notice published in the government gazette, have doubled the fee for every film (reel) examination to €100.
Zammit Dimech said it was telling that no media conference was held to announce the tariff change.
"While the government published the regulations in the government gazette, as it is obliged to do by law, it however chose not to organise any media conferences or issue press statements," he said.
The MP said the government wanted to hide its decision to double the fee on film reels examinations.
"In other words, the government has introduced a new tax for cinema operators," he said.
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Din mhux taxxa: imma skond il-PBS and Net Tv 'controlled' by SimonPN 'aggustament'! Mhux b'hekk kienu jghadduna biz-zmien?
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Increase the entrance costs just because they pay €100 for the ilm classifications when it will be shown in all the cinemas? Do they expect that they be certified free of charge without even paying the reviewers wages?
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I appreciate the idea of taxing the cinema companies which are making money in business, but they will just make up for these costs by increasing the entrance fee.. in other words, the people in the street will pay for it at the end of the day, and not the companies.
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FZD, I bet the fees don't even go near to recovering the wages of those examining the film. How many taxes did your various PN governments hide and then issue during the year? Guess the whole Malta Today would not be enough to list them.
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dear mr zammit dimech did you hold a conference for every single matter or every tax that you imposed on the citizen directly???? NO of course!
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Could Dr Zammit Dimech enlighten the general public when the PN in Government ever held a media conference before the publication of a government gazette?
