Trump’s Federal Film Tax Incentive Plan Prompts Canada’s Actors to Call on Ottawa to Follow Suit

ACTRA has urged its government to bolster subsidies as the U.S. President looks to bring production by major studios and streamers back home.

A group led by actor Jon Voight is hoping to get legislation introduced this month in Congress that would create new federal tax incentives for film and TV production in the US, after receiving an endorsement from President Donald Trump this week.

President Trump urged Congress on Monday evening to “immediately” approve federal tax incentives for movie and TV production.  In a Truth Social post, the president said he had met earlier in the day with actor Jon Voight and that the pair discussed the movement of film industry jobs out of the U.S. to other countries.

President Donald Trump has endorsed a federal tax incentive for film and television with the aim of shifting production back to the United States.

With filmmaker A.D. Girish’s Nivin Pauly-starrer Bethlehem Kudumba Unit turning a blockbuster, exhibitors say the impressive collections for the rom-com are expected to help them sail through this quarter of fiscal on a positive note

The proposal was quickly embraced by Democrats, particularly in California, who have otherwise been critical of the president.

President Trump on Monday urged Congress to approve federal tax incentives aimed at reviving American film and television productions.

Jon Voight previously met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago to push a federal tax incentive aimed at reviving domestic film production and saving Hollywood jobs.

President Donald Trump on Monday pressed Congress to pass federal tax breaks to revive the U.S.’s film industry, after speaking with his “special ambassador” to Hollywood, actor Jon Voight. Trump revealed he had a “great” meeting with the “fantastic” Voight in a post to Truth Social. The president expressed concern tha

Proponents say a federal program could bring back Hollywood jobs that have gone overseas because of cheap labor and large incentives.

With a swipe at Hollywood North, Donald Trump today officially threw his support behind a federal film and TV tax credit. “Hollywood is a Complete and Total Disaster!” the former Apprentice host posted Monday after a sit-down with good pal Jon Voight. “Despite the name, it is getting very little work,” Trump added of t

Trump Calls for Federal Film and Television Tax Incentive  WSJ