Hi John,

The arts and entertainment unions of the AFL-CIO have launched a congressional letter-writing campaign to tell Congress to restore tax fairness for arts workers by supporting the Performing Artist Tax Parity Act (PATPA), H.R. 4750 and S. 2872.

If passed, the PATPA would be a game changer for arts workers, allowing us to once again deduct common business expenses associated with practicing our crafts. Our goal is to build additional support in Congress, so the bill may be brought up and considered for a vote in the coming weeks.

We need your help amplifying this joint congressional letter-writing campaign, backed by the Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), Actors’ Equity Association (Equity), the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), SAG-AFTRA, Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), and the AFL-CIO. Using the link below, please urge your members of Congress to co-sponsor the PATPA and encourage others to do the same by circulating the campaign.

Click here to send a letter to your members of Congress.

As working-class musicians, stage managers, singers, dancers, actors, stagehands and other arts workers across the country return to work, the last thing we need is a tax code that punishes us for doing our jobs.

The bipartisan Performing Artist Tax Parity Act, introduced by Reps. Judy Chu (Calif.) and Vern Buchanan (Fla.) and Sens. Mark Warner (Va.) and Bill Hagerty (Tenn.), fixes this problem!

Let’s use the strength of our collective voice to ensure that Congress hears us on this critical issue.

In Solidarity,

Team AFL-CIO

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