Call-to-Action: Charities Threatened by GOP Tax Bill

Please act on this important call-to-action about the harmful impact of the newly announced GOP tax bill, H.R. 1, on artists and arts organizations.

The Americans for the Arts Action Fund recently announced a call-to-action about the harmful impact of the newly announced GOP tax bill, H.R. 1, on artists and arts organizations.

The areas of concern are:

Charitable tax deduction: Included only for itemizers and severely limited
Historic Tax Credit: Proposed repeal
Artist-Museum Partnership Act (H.R. 1830): Not included
Self-created property: Proposed repeal for musical compositions and copyrights
Estate tax: Proposed repeal in 5 years and an immediate doubling of tax exclusion
State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction: Proposed repeal of the deduction for income and sales taxes, and the deduction for property taxes is capped at $10,000 per person.

The Arts Action Fund urges you to take two minutes now to contact your member of Congress.

Read more detail at the full Arts Action Fund call-to-action here:
https://www.votervoice.net/ARTSUSA/BlogPosts/671

The 11th Annual Artists Under the Dome Event is Wednesday, November 8th at the Massachusetts State House! For more information and to register: http://www.artistsunderthedome.org/annualevent.html