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Scott Karol has worked with actor Jon Voight to get President Trump to endorse a federal film tax credit.
The proposed federal film tax credit legislation allows for a total transferable credit of up to 30 percent.
California allocates $750 million annually in film production incentives.
Scott Karol is the president of SP Media Group.
The proposed Motion Picture, Television and Entertainment Revitalization Act requires that at least 75% of a project's work must occur in the United States to qualify for the federal tax credit.
Georgia's uncapped film incentive program cost more than $5 billion between 2015 and 2022.
The film “Resident Evil” by Zach Cregger was filmed in the Czech Republic, and Ridley Scott’s film “The Dog Stars” was set in Colorado but filmed in Italy.
The proposed federal film tax credit program has no cap on its funding.
According to studies cited in September 2026, an estimated 60 percent of live-action filming is done outside the United States.
The proposed federal film tax credit bill provides a tax credit of at least 20 percent on the wages of film and television workers.
On September 24, 2026, U.S. lawmakers planned to introduce legislation, which The New York Times had reviewed, to create the nation's first federal tax credits for film and television production.
As of September 2026, at least three dozen U.S. states offer tax incentives for film production.
The proposed federal film tax credit program has drawn bipartisan support and the public backing of President Trump.
A 2024 analysis by The New York Times found that U.S. states had distributed more than $25 billion through their film tax incentive programs.
In mid-September 2026, Sean Astin, president of the actors' union SAG-AFTRA, said that the U.S. is "going to lose the primacy of entertainment production" if a federal tax credit is not implemented.
In May 2026, when asked if he would send the National Guard or ICE to voting locations, Donald Trump responded that he would "do anything necessary to make sure we have honest elections."
In February 2026, then-White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated she could not guarantee that ICE agents would not be near polling locations.
In March 2026, Todd Blanche, then deputy attorney general, asked a conservative conference why there was an objection to sending ICE officers to polling places.
Marc Elias states that he helped lead the legal effort for Joe Biden that defeated Donald Trump and his allies in court more than 60 times following the 2020 election.
Shutdown is the result of a partisan divide in Congress over new guardrails on federal immigration enforcement