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HR 4948 114th Congress House Taxation Art, artists, authorship Books and print media Charitable contributions Income tax deductions Intellectual property Literature Music Tax-exempt organizations

Artist-Museum Partnership Act of 2015

Introduced: April 14, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Apr 14, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 14, 2016
Introduced in House
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Artist-Museum Partnership Act of 2015

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers who create literary, musical, artistic, scholarly compositions, or similar property a fair market value (determined at the time of contribution) tax deduction for contributions of such properties, the copyrights thereon, or both, to certain tax-exempt organizations, if such properties are properly appraised and are donated no less than 18 months after their creation. The bill limits the amount of the deduction based upon the donor's artistic adjusted gross income, as defined by this bill.

What's happening now April 14, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 2648 Related bill CREATE Act of 2016
  • S 931 Related bill Artist-Museum Partnership Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · May 27, 2016
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Apr 29, 2016
 R
Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Apr 14, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4948: Artist-Museum Partnership Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4948/
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"H.R. 4948: Artist-Museum Partnership Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4948/.
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H.R. 4948, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4948/.
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