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Artists Tax Deduction for Donated Artwork Under Consideration

The Artist-Museum Partnership Act
Reintroduced in Congress

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THE ARTIST-MUSEUM PARTNERSHIP ACT has been introduced on March 14, 2007 by Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) and Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-MN) in the House of Representatives H.R. 1524 (House). S. 548 (Senate), an Identical bill was introduced in the Senate by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Robert Bennett (R-UT).

The Graphic Artists Guild supports this bill wholeheartedly, and has supported this bill since it was first introduced, but not passed, in 2001.

We URGE YOU TO CONTACT YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND TELL THEM TO VOTE FOR THIS BILL.

It's easy! Send this message:

http://capwiz.com/artsusa/issues/alert/?alertid=9521951

from the Americans For the Arts web site. Their message is fine with us, or write your own. [Americans For the Arts is a non-profit education that promotes art education in schools and cultural arts in communities.]

The bill supports individual artists by allowing us to take a fair-market value tax deduction for artwork we donate to nonprofit collecting and educational organizations, and it benefits the public by giving them access to more art.

This bill will amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; "to provide that a deduction equal to fair market value shall be allowed for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor." The 1986 tax code allowed us to deduct only the actual value of the materials used in the artwork.

This is a new and revised introduction of H.R. 1598 "ARTISTS' CONTRIBUTION TO AMERICAN HERITAGE ACT'S. 694 "ARTIST-MUSEUM PARTNERSHIP ACT" of 2001.

The text of the actual bills can be found on www.thomas.gov/