HR 721 · in committee · niche
Performing Artist Tax Parity Act of 2025
- taxes
What this bill does
- This bill increases the income limit and modifies the tax deduction for business expenses of qualified performing artists.
- It affects performing artists who work for multiple employers and have significant work-related expenses.
- The bill eliminates the $16,000 income cap but phases out the deduction between $100,000-$120,000 gross income, with inflation adjustments starting in 2026.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would removing the $16,000 income cap affect performing artists at different earning levels, and who might benefit most from this change?
- 02
What types of work-related expenses do performing artists currently struggle to deduct, and would the new phase-out structure between $100,000-$120,000 address those gaps?
- 03
How does this deduction compare to tax benefits available to other self-employed professionals, and what evidence supports treating performing artists differently?
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Sponsor · R-FL-16
Vern Buchanan
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
26/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-24
Joining the bill

Nicole Malliotakis
R-NY-11 · original

Jimmy Panetta
D-CA-19 · original

Brendan F. Boyle
D-PA-2 · original

Michael Lawler
R-NY-17 · original

Mike Carey
R-OH-15 · original

Danny K. Davis
D-IL-7 · original

Lloyd Doggett
D-TX-37 · original

Brian K. Fitzpatrick
R-PA-1 · original

Jimmy Gomez
D-CA-34 · original

Judy Chu
D-CA-28 · original

Steven Horsford
D-NV-4 · original

Linda T. Sánchez
D-CA-38 · original
+ 14 more
Legislative timeline
2025-01-24 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2025-01-24 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-24 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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