After many sighs finally State On December 19, the new patronage law was approved by decree. A rule that was up in the air due to recent election progress and now, among others, increases tax deductions for donations, includes new typologiesLike the free provision of professional services, it allows clients to receive symbolic recognition through commemoration or compensation of 15% of the donation for goods and services, up to a maximum of €25,000. Currently, a cultural property cannot thank a natural or legal person for their donation through an information leaflet or, for example, give tickets to a performance.
The patronage law reform received the support of all parliamentary groups in Congress except Vox, which abstained. It has been requested for many years by the cultural sector (it also has a decisive weight in the field of scientific research), since the standard in force until now is valid from 2002 and has to be “carried over”, in the words of Eloi Planes, until today the president of the Fundació Cataluña Cultura . “It had become obsolete and uncompetitive for the countries around us.”The representative of the side that has been fighting for a law reform led in Congress by former PDECat MP Sergi Miquel throughout his 10 years of life, said this in a meeting with the Catalan media.
However, Maite Esteve, director of the foundation that unites private and public organizations in order to establish a connection between the business sector and the cultural world, stated the following: “This is not the legislation we wanted, but it is a step forward.” Citing France as the reference country for such cultural policies, Esteve explains that the historical reluctance of the Undersecretariat of the Treasury and all the ministers who passed from this office during this period meant that the norm did not develop until 21 years later. “There is a very short view, it is thought that this reduces immediate economic capacity, but an economic sector that creates employment etc. is created and strengthened,” the organization’s director argues. According to 2022 data of the CoNCA report, 177,700 people work in the field of culture in Catalonia (5.1% of the total number of employees), a sector that accounts for 1.9% of the wealth of the Catalan economy.
Still, Esteve highlights “the lack of awareness about the transformative power and social impact of culture” and cites the Gargar murals and rural arts festival in Penelles (Lleida), which won the IMPULSA award, as an example. Every year, the foundation manages to “revitalize the area”, according to the director.
Fundació Catalunya Cultura now focuses on motivating the creation of the Catalan regulatory framework This helps to encourage patronage initiatives – “what we lack, let’s change” – as well as pedagogy on this issue, as they believe there is a tendency to have a flawed “elitist” vision of the cultural patron.
Source: Informacion
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