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Actors’ Equity Association Applauds Re-Introduction of Bipartisan Performing Artist Tax Parity Act in Congress

NYC CLC, AFL-CIO
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As tax season returns, Actors’ Equity Association applauded the reintroduction of the bipartisan Performing Artist Tax Parity Act (PATPA). This bill corrects an unintended consequence of prior tax reform efforts, which led to tax increases for many performing artists who could no longer deduct the cost of their ordinary and necessary unreimbursed business expenses.

Working theatre artists may typically spend 20 to 30 percent of their income on necessary expenses – such as to pay for travel to auditions or a talent agent – to stay in the business and to procure employment. Equity members in New York can sign up for VITA at the union’s offices for help filing their taxes, and Equity is hopeful that their taxes will improve by next year.

“We have entered yet another tax season with a policy that unfairly penalizes arts professionals,” said Brooke Shields, president of Actors’ Equity Association. “This was an oversight in tax reform that can be remedied with a simple fix. That needs to happen this year.” Read more here.

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