OPERATIONAL ARCHITECTURE
Production tax credit, accounting and audit infrastructure engineered for film, television and media productions operating within Canada's regulatory environment.
SIX EIGHT SIX ADVISORY INC.provides specialized technical oversight across the production finance lifecycle—from pre-production tax credit estimates and daily show accounting through audit-ready schedules, regulatory review and CRA audit compliance.
01 // TAX CREDIT SERVICES & ENGINEERING
Pre-Production Tax Credit Estimates
Building baseline estimates and evaluating finance plan components against federal (CAVCO) and provincial, including Creative BC, statutory guidelines.
Filing Architecture & Application Management
Directing end-to-end tax credit application lifecycles—including Eligibility and Completion Certificates—verifying qualified supplier status, monitoring Canadian labor ratios, and structuring documentation to support interim financing drawdowns.
Yield Preservation & Pre-Audit Verification
Performing pre-submission compliance checks to resolve structural ledger discrepancies, ensuring baseline tax credit projections match final regulatory filings.
02 // PRODUCTION AUDIT INFRASTRUCTURE & ACCOUNTING
Production Accounting & Department Architecture
Delivering hands-on production accounting or senior executive oversight. We either execute full-scope ledger management and cost reporting directly or source, structure, and manage a budget-compliant accounting team tailored to project scale.
Data Standardization & Formatting
Translating daily show logs, general ledgers, and vendor accounts payable into clean, standardized formats built for seamless third-party auditor navigation.
Airtight Schedule Construction
Building pre-audit schedules and reconciliations that align raw show accounting data directly with regulatory and institutional compliance standards.
03 // CRA AUDIT COMPLIANCE & REGULATORY STRATEGY
Accounting-to-Audit Transition & Representation
DeliSeamlessly bridging post-production accounting wrap into formal regulatory review. Serving as primary technical representative before the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and provincial authorities throughout the formal audit lifecycle.
Key Source Document Compliance
Rigorously auditing, reconciling, and defending underlying primary records—including deal memos, bank proofs of payment, corporate residency documentation, and vendor contracts under review.
Factual Reconciliation & Allocation Compliance
Navigating auditor inquiries to resolve structural ledger discrepancies, defending legitimate qualified expenditures based on supported evidentiary records to mitigate disallowances.
EVIDENTIARY SCOPE & ADVISORY BOUNDARY
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For production tax credit, accounting, audit infrastructure or regulatory compliance inquiries, contact SIX EIGHT SIX Advisory directly.
“Audit compliance and tax credit stability depend fundamentally on the completeness, authenticity, and accuracy of primary production records provided. While we deploy rigorous oversight to identify and resolve structural discrepancies, advisory execution is governed by underlying factual documentation and final statutory agency review.”
Frequently Asked Questions
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What production tax credit services does SIX EIGHT SIX Advisory provide?
SIX EIGHT SIX provides end-to-end tax credit engineering for film, television and media productions, including pre-production baseline estimates, finance plan evaluation, application management, qualified supplier verification, Canadian labor ratio monitoring, pre-audit verification and final filing reconciliation.
How does SIX EIGHT SIX support production accounting and audit readiness?
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SIX EIGHT SIX provides hands-on production accounting or senior executive oversight, including ledger management, cost reporting, accounting-team architecture, data standardization and pre-audit schedule construction. The objective is to align daily production accounting records with institutional and regulatory requirements.
How does SIX EIGHT SIX prepare production records for third-party or regulatory audits?
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SIX EIGHT SIX standardizes daily show logs, general ledgers, vendor accounts payable and supporting production records, then builds reconciliations and audit schedules designed for clear third-party auditor navigation and regulatory review.
What support does SIX EIGHT SIX provide during a CRA production tax credit audit?
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SIX EIGHT SIX bridges post-production accounting into formal regulatory review and provides technical representation throughout the audit lifecycle. This includes reconciling key source documents, responding to auditor inquiries, resolving ledger discrepancies and defending legitimate qualified expenditures based on supported evidentiary records.