The honeymoon may be ending between Beacon Hill Democrats and Massachusetts Republican Governor Charlie Baker.
Opposition is mounting in the legislature to Baker’s plan to end the state’s film tax credit, according to the Boston Globe.
Baker proposes to phase out the tax credit for movie productions to help fund a doubling of the earned income tax credit for low-wage workers, which he said would boost the state’s economy by $100 million.
"Beneficiaries of the credit are people who live here, work here and spend here," Baker said during a visit to a anti-poverty agency in Boston where he promoted his call to double the earned income tax credit.
The state’s own studies, for years, have questioned the economic benefit of the film tax credit. But the tax break for Hollywood productions enjoys strong support from labor unions and tourism officials.
