Strangled by superannuation: I’m a struggling artist, but I have to pay super
Sole trader creatives get the benefit of superannuation on the one hand, but are strangled by mandatory payments on the other. ArtsHub dives into the topic.
Again, thank you to Michael Fox of Michael Fox Arts Accounts & Valuers, Penelope Benton of the National Association for Visual Artists (NAVA) and Amrit Gill of Theatre Network Australia (TNA) for contributing their knowledge to this article.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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