Skip to main content

Hollywood Wants Tax Cut to Stay in California

CBN

Share This article

Hollywood is asking fans to help them get a tax break ... for themselves.

Film Works, a group that represents the entertainment industry, has started an online petition asking California's film and TV fans to push lawmakers for greater financial breaks.

They say the tax cuts are needed to allow film production to stay within state borders.

Several other states, including Georgia, Louisiana, and New York, offer tax breaks for film and TV production. Film Works warned that if California doesn't follow suit, the state will no longer serve as the epicenter for the entertainment industry.

"We are now greatly concerned that the state's status as the epicenter for motion picture production is at risk," the petition reads. "If policy makers fail to make our state more competitive, the film industry in California will face the same fate as other industries, including a aerospace, which resulted in hundreds of thousands of jobs leaving California for other states."

During the past 15 years, feature-film production in Los Angeles has declined almost 60 percent. California's share of the one-hour TV series market declined from 64 percent to 28 percent, the Daily Caller reports.

Share This article