{"id":15851,"date":"2023-12-19T11:50:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T16:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iatse.net\/?p=15851"},"modified":"2023-12-19T11:50:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T16:50:05","slug":"pass-the-performing-artist-tax-parity-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iatse.net\/pass-the-performing-artist-tax-parity-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Pass the Performing Artist Tax Parity Act!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As 2023 comes to a close and another tax season approaches, many IATSE members are cruelly reminded of the added financial strain caused by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). TCJA eliminated our ability to deduct common work-related expenses from our taxes, drastically increasing tax bills for many entertainment workers who must now shoulder the cost of the equipment, tools, and travel necessary to do our jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, we\u2019re here to remind you that there is something you can do about it \u2013 if you haven\u2019t already, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/iatse.net\/online-action\/tell-congress-to-restore-tax-fairness-for-entertainment-workers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">write a letter to your member of Congress urging them to cosponsor the bipartisan Performing Artist Tax Parity Act (PATPA)<\/a><\/strong>! Here\u2019s IATSE Stagecraft Department Assistant Director Stasia Savage with more:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the video explains, PATPA updates an existing provision of the tax code from the 1980s called the Qualified Performing Artist (QPA) deduction, which would allow middle-class arts and entertainment workers to once again deduct their business expenses. Our current goal is to build additional support and momentum in the U.S. House of Representatives \u2013 and we\u2019re making progress, with 80 Representatives cosponsoring PATPA to date!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As 2023 comes to a close and another tax season approaches, many IATSE members are cruelly reminded of the added financial strain caused by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15852,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[23],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pass the Performing Artist Tax Parity Act! - IATSE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/iatse.net\/pass-the-performing-artist-tax-parity-act\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pass the Performing Artist Tax Parity Act! 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