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March 25: Entrepreneur Day for Theatre Writers

Join us for Entrepreneur Day for Theatre Writers on March 25, featuring three invaluable sessions tailored to writers at different stages of their careers.In Session One, gain insights into business and career guidance, including exclusive consultations with skilled lawyers in Business Affairs. Session Two offers a Tax Workshop catering to mid-career and established writers, addressing common tax scenarios and deductions. For early career writers, Session Three provides a...
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Taxes for Early Career Dramatists (2023 Workshop)

Watch the video to  learn about which records you should retain for tax purposes, common deductions for writers, and more! In this workshop, Elaine Grogan Luttrull (Minerva Financial Arts) explores the tax landscape for theatre writers and shares tips on how to:
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Theatre Writers are Job Creators in the Creative Arts Economy: Add Your Testimony to the Congressional Record

We are asking Dramatists Guild members— and all theatre writers— to submit testimony on January 19 and beyond, in order to ensure our voice is heard regarding the issues that are important to playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists, and our entire industry.  The Committee on Small Business will be holding a remote hearing, titled "The Power, Peril, and Promise of the Creative Economy" at 10am on Wednesday, January 19 via Zoom (...
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Taxation & Artists ... Part II Of II

Ralph Sevush: I’m going to introduce Tom Garvin now. Tom is an attorney from Los Angeles, Beverly Hills. He’s driven down through the rain to be with us today and I appreciate that very much. Tom, could you talk to us a little bit about the big picture here, the architecture. Could you describe what that is and how that works?
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Taxation & Artists ... Part I of II

Ralph Sevush: We’re going to be talking today about taxation issues unique to writers and artists. This conversation is inspired by a recent case involving artists, Susan Crile v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
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Taxes in the Age of COVID

Hosted by Elaine Grogan Luttrull, Certified Public Accountant and Founder, Minerva Financial Arts
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DG Webinar: Taxes in the Age of COVID

Join us on March 24 for a DG webinar providing support for dramatists on how to navigate the process of filing taxes during the pandemic. Wednesday, March 24 Eastern Time: 6pm – 7:30pm Central Time: 5pm-6:30pm Mountain Time: 4pm-5:30pm Pacific Time: 3pm-4:30pm Hosted by Elaine Grogan Luttrull Certified Public Accountant Founder, Minerva Financial Arts If it is true that the only certainties in life are death and...