rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/ask-gov-newsom-to-restore-the-equitable-payroll-fund?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-ask-gov-newsom-to-restore-the-equitable-payroll-fund' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> ​Actors' Equity Association https://actionnetwork.org/groups/actors-equity https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg Unlike many typical employees, most entertainment workers spend 20 to 30 percent of their income on necessary work expenses. Typical expenses might include transportation to an audition, a talent agent and manager, or buying and maintaining equipment such as expensive cameras, musical instruments, or tools.   An unintended consequence of the last tax reform bill was the elimination of the ability of entertainment workers to deduct these common work expenses. Please cosponsor the bipartisan Performing Artist Tax Parity Act (PATPA) and help put real money into the pockets of arts workers while inflation remains high. Background: The bipartisan Performing Artist Tax Parity Act (H.R. 721), introduced by Reps. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) and Judy Chu (D-CA). The bill updates the Qualified Performing Artist (QPA) deduction, a provision of the tax law that allows certain performing artists the option to deduct expenses incurred in the course of their employment. This is an “above the line” deduction. Senators Warner (D-VA) and Tillis (R-NC) were Senate cosponsors in the last Congress. Signed into law in 1986 by President Reagan, eligibility for the QPA has remained unchanged since it was passed — limiting the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer to $16,000. The Performing Artist Tax Parity Act raises the AGI ceiling to $100,000 for single taxpayers and $200,000 for a couple filing jointly. PATPA not only has strong support from workers, national, state and local arts organizations, but strong support from a broad coalition that ranges from the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) to Motion Picture Association (MPA) and Americans for the Arts, to name just a few. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-gov-newsom-to-restore-the-equitable-payroll-fund