budgeting resources
A-Z Budgets

Screen Australia's industry standard A-Z Budgets are intended as a guide to preparing budgets in the format usually required by funding bodies. There are separate budgets for feature films, short films, documentaries, interactive digital media and animation. All are provided as downloadable Excel spreadsheets suitable for both PC and Macintosh users. You will need a degree of proficiency Microsoft Excel.

These templates are intended for all projects, regardless of whether or not you are applying for the Producer Offset. ‘Non-QAPE’ versions are no longer maintained: if you are not applying for the Producer Offset, you can simply disregard the Qualifying Australian Production Expenditure (QAPE) component of the template.

We have taken great care to ensure that the formulas in these budgets are correct. However, we acknowledge that as people use them, they will pick up errors.

If you do find an error, please notify us at web@screenaustralia.gov.au so we can correct it.

Please also check Updates and Corrections regularly.

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