The Commission proposal provides for the following: with respect to
cultural workers: a system for spreading such workers' incomes over several tax years
in applying income taxes; with respect to cultural foundations: appropriate tax exemption for cultural foundations approved by Member States; with respect to patronage: appropriate tax deductions for gifts and bequests to approved cultural bodies or institutions, and tax deductions applicable to patronage where a cash gift or bequest is made to an approved body or person in a Membe
...[+++]r State other than that in which the patron is resident; with respect to succession duty: the system whereby succession duty can be settled through the surrender of works of art approved by the competent authorities; with respect to the private architectural heritage: an abatement from the valuee of buildings forming part of that heritage which are subject to "cultural servitudes" arising either from legislation relating to listed buildings or from the fact that they are open to the public, where that value serves as a basis for calculating such taxes as land tax, transfer dduty, annual wealth tax and succession duty; and the deduction from the taxable incomes of the taxpayers concerned of expenditure inccurred in conserving and maintaining those buildings; with respect to cultural investments: a system which does not impose tax disadvantages on cultural investments, and in particular will eliminatee possible tax obstacles to the development of cinema and television co-productions; with respect to widening the audiance: that the Member States will not discourage demand for cultural goods and services by applying high rates of value added tax or of other taxes (1) COM(85) 194 - 2 - The Commission has chosen to couch its proposal in the form of a Resolution so that the Council and the Ministers responsible for Cultural Affairs meeting within the Council can enter into a definite political commitment which at the same time forms the f ...La proposition de la Commission prevoit : - pour ce qui est des travail
leurs culturels: un systeme d'etalement sur plusieurs annees des revenus de ces travailleurs pour l'application de l'impot; - pour ce qui est des fondations culturelles: une exemption fiscale appropriee aux fondations culturelles agreees par les Etats membres; - pour ce qui est du mecenat: des deductions fiscales appropriees pour les dons et les legs effectues a des organismes ou institutions culturels agrees, ainsi que les deductions fiscales prevues pour le mecenat lorsqu'un don ou un legs en numeraire est effectue a un organisme ou a une personne agrees d'un Etat
...[+++] membres autre que celui de la residence du mecene; - pour les droits de succession: le systeme de la dation en paiement, selon lequel les droits de succession peuvent etre regles par la remise d'oeuvres d'art agreees par les autorites competentes; - pour ce qui est du patrimoine architectural de statut prive: un abattement sur la valeur des immeubles faisant partie de ce patrimoine frappes de servitudes culturelles decoulant de la legislation sur les biens classes ou de l'ouverture au public, lorsque cette valeur sert de base a l'etablissement d'impots comme les impots fonciers, les droits de mutation, les impots annuels sur la fortune et les droits de succession; ainsi que la deduction - du revenu imposable des contribuables concernes - des depenses exposees pour la conservation et l'entretien de ces immeubles; - pour ce qui est des investissements culturels: un systeme qui ne desavantage pas, sur le plan fiscal, les investissements culturels par rapport a d'autres invetissements, en particulier elimination des obstacles eventuels au developpement de la coproduction cinematographique et televisuelle; - pour ce qui est de l'elargissement au public: application de taux de taxe sur la valeur ajoutee ou d'autres taxes aptes a ne pas dissuader la consommation des biens et services culturels. c (1) COM(85) 194 - 2 - La forme de la r ...
