| Phil Graham on Thu, 22 Jun 2000 13:39:04 +0200 (CEST) |
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| [Nettime-bold] Tax reform affecting Artists in Australia - pass this on please |
This will kill off much of what little remains in the various arts communities of Australia. It is stupid and unfair. Places to complain [email protected] http://www.democrats.org.au/contact/ [email protected] http://www.alp.org.au/campaign/ No point in complaining to the Liberals. But if you want to, they are here: http://www.liberal.org.au/ UNDER THE RALPH REFORMS ARTISTS MATERIALS AND STUDIO RENT WILL NOT BE TAX DEDUCTABLE! Artists will no longer be able to offset expenses against their second income Artists will only be able to claim back expenses if : a) they earn $20,000 or more from their art practice; b) they make a profit from their art practice three out of every five years; c) they spend a minimum of $100,000 on plant and equipment This legislation is being presented to the House of Representatives between the 9th and 11th of May and could slip through unnoticed in the general panic over the GST and ABN numbers. This legislation is aimed at closing a tax loophole for high earners such as rich hobby farmers, but would have a devastating effect on most practicing artists, who are forced to subsidise their art practice with other work. Research carried out in the early 1990s found that most artists earn less than $10,000 a year from their art practice, making them in effect ineligible for any kind of tax rebate under the proposed new tax laws. In choosing to follow their vocation, artists enrich our society at their own economic expense. At a minimal cost, progressive taxation can support this production of cultural capital in Australia. The Ralph Reforms already grant exemptions for a number of groups in Australia, including primary producers who earn less than $40,000 from their second income. Artists should be eligible for the same exemption. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Opinions expressed in this email are my own unless otherwise stated. Phil Graham Lecturer (Communication) Graduate School of Management University of Queensland 617 3381 1083 www.geocities/pw.graham/ www.uq.edu.au/~uqpgraha http://www.angelfire.com/ga3/philgraham/index.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list [email protected] http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold