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  • June 2019

Equity in the News June 2019

  1. Broadway.com: "Hadestown" Wins Actors' Equity Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus

    Equity News Staff – Thu, 20 Jun 2019 12:00:00 GMT – 0

    Actors' Equity Association has announced the 2019 Tony-winning musical Hadestown as winner of the 13th annual Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus. Presented by Equity's Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs, the award is the only industry accolade of its kind to honor the distinctive talents and contributions made by the original chorus members of a Broadway musical.

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    • BroadwayCom
  2. Backstage: New Legislation Proposed to Save Actors Money While Filing Taxes

    Equity News Staff – Thu, 13 Jun 2019 12:00:00 GMT – 0

    Earlier this tax season, the secretary and treasurer of Actors’ Equity, Sandra Karas submitted testimony on the Performing Arts Parity Act’s impacts to the House Ways and Means Committee (which, since the 2018 midterms, is now chaired by a Democrat). She also serves on the New York board of SAG-AFTRA, which has 160,000 members nationwide. Karas represented both unions in her testimony.

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    • Backstage
  3. Deadline: Actors Unions Support Renewal Of Tax Write-Off Eliminated By Donald Trump’s Massive Tax Cut

    Equity News Staff – Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:00:00 GMT – 0

    SAG-AFTRA and Actors’ Equity are hoping that a bill introduced in Congress will fix that by updating the Qualified Performing Artist deduction that was signed into law by President Reagan. The bipartisan bill, known as the Performing Artist Tax Parity Act, was introduced by House members Judy Chu (D-CA) and Vern Buchanan (R-FL).

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    • Deadline
  4. Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Buchanan Introduces Bill Updating Tax Deductions for Actors, Performers

    Equity News Staff – Thu, 06 Jun 2019 13:00:00 GMT – 0

    Inspired in part by a Herald-Tribune series “The Work of Art,” U.S. Reps. Vern Buchanan, R-Longboat Key, and Judy Chu, D-California, introduced legislation Wednesday to update a tax deduction that would help a great majority of American actors and performing artists.

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    • Sarasota Herald-Tribune
  5. Accounting Today: Lawmakers Introduce Tax Deduction Fix for Performing Artists

    Equity News Staff – Thu, 06 Jun 2019 12:00:00 GMT – 0

    A pair of lawmakers in Congress, Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., and Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., introduced bipartisan legislation Wednesday to fix a problem in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that makes it difficult for performing artists to deduct their work-related expenses.

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    • Accounting Today
  6. Politico: Help an Actor Out

    Equity News Staff – Thu, 06 Jun 2019 12:00:00 GMT – 0

    Reps. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) and Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.), both Ways and Means members, have legislation that would update a deduction that actors and performers can take for work expenses.

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    • Politico
  7. Broadway.News: New Legislation Aims to Bring Back Tax Deductions for Actors

    Equity News Staff – Wed, 05 Jun 2019 12:00:00 GMT – 0

    Actors’ Equity has helped spearhead the introduction of a bill that aims to bring back tax deductions for performing artists.

     

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