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S6: Funding & Tax Landscape Cooperative Foundations Cooperative Foundations/Hub Adaptations/Central (Ontario)/S6: Funding & Tax Landscape Central (Ontario) 491a3f7f-f423-4db6-a3fb-521895d2468c Jennie R.F.

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Insertion point: after the base session's revenue/sustainability discussion

Facilitator note: this is the most content-dense addition. resist the urge to cover everything! Focus on the three things that will save studios the most money or prevent the most expensive mistakes

Session content

  • OIDMTC at 40% for self-published games - the single biggest financial incentive (and why it matters that you incorporate as for-profit)
  • The 80/25 rule and why worker-members must be on payroll with T4s, not treated as contractors - connects directly to compensation models discussed in base session
  • Patronage dividend deduction - how distributing surplus based on hours worked can reduce corporate tax to near zero
  • Pathway:
    • Ontario Creates funding pathway: Futures Forward ($20K, entry point) - must be for-profit
    • IP Fund pre-production ($15-50K)
    • IP Fund production ($50-500K)
  • CWCF supports: Technical Assistance Grants ($4K), Tenacity Works loans ($15-50K)

Handout: funding pathway visual showing the on-ramp from training through to production funding, with co-op-specific flags noted