What is the Basic Income for the Arts(BIA)?<\/p>\n
The new BasicIncome for the Arts (BIA) pilot scheme aims to support the arts andcreative practice by giving a payment of 325 a week to artists and creativearts workers.<\/p>\n
The main objective of the scheme is to address the financial instabilityfaced by many working in the arts.<\/p>\n
The pilot scheme closed for applications on 12 May 2022.2,000 eligible artists and creative arts workers were selected at random andinvited to take part in the pilot scheme.<\/p>\n
The anonymised randomised selection of participants was held on 29 August2022. Successful applicants were notifiedon 8 September 2022. <\/p>\n
The pilot runs over 3 years, from 2022 to 2025.<\/p>\n
You should check the BIAguidelines for the most up to date information. <\/p>\n
Approximately 2,000 eligible applicants were selected to participate in thepilot scheme.<\/p>\n
Once you meet the eligibility criteria, you were included in an anonymisedrandom sampling process. A randomiser software was used to select participantsat random. The sample was checked to ensure adequate representation.<\/p>\n
The anonymised randomised selection of participants was held on 29 August2022. You should have received notification of the outcomeof your application on 8 September 2022.<\/p>\n
Check your email and spam folder for this correspondence from the Departmentof Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. If you cannot find anemail you should email basicincomeforthearts@tcagsm.gov.ie<\/a>.<\/p>\n You can appeal if you think the process for reviewing your application wasnot adhered to.<\/p>\n You must have a decision email from the Basic Income for the Arts PilotScheme team to make an appeal and you must appeal within 5 working days of thedate on the decision email.<\/p>\n You will be paid a BIA grant of 325 a week. Payments will be mademonthly.<\/p>\n The pilot will run over 3 years, from 2022 to 2025. As this is a researchpilot there is no guarantee that funding will continue after the pilot.<\/p>\n Start date of your payments will depend on how quickly bank details andevidence of tax clearance are returned to the Department of Tourism, Culture,Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.<\/p>\n You will also have to complete your baseline survey before receivingpayment. The baseline survey collects data relating to your situation beforethe BIA payment starts.<\/p>\n The baseline survey will be made available on the online portal in thecoming weeks, and you will be notified by email when this happens.<\/p>\n The first payments are expected to be issued during the second half ofOctober.<\/p>\n The weekly payment will be back-dated to 29 August 2022, which was the dateof the anonymised randomised selection.<\/p>\n The payment will be taxable, but the amount of tax paid will depend on yourindividual circumstances.<\/p>\n You will need to register with Revenue as self-employed and pay Schedule Dincome tax, where appropriate, on the BIA payment. Income from the pilot willbe liable for Class S PRSI.<\/p>\n You are entitled to earn additional income, which would also be reckonablefor the purposes of income tax.<\/p>\n Income from the scheme will be treated as income from self-employment forthe purpose of various means tests.<\/p>\n If you are in receipt of a social welfare payment and receive payments fromthe pilot scheme, you should advise the Department of Social Protection (DSP)of this change in your circumstances.<\/p>\n Read more about how the BIAinteracts with DSP payments.<\/p>\n The pilot scheme will evaluate the impact of a basic income on artists andcreative arts workers. The pilot programme will collect and analyse data fromBIA recipients and a control group throughout the pilot.<\/p>\n If you were selected to participate on BIA, you will:<\/p>\n You can read more about the typeof data you will need to collect and share if you are selected toparticipate in the BIA pilot.<\/p>\n A number of eligible applicants who are not selected to receive the paymentwere asked to participate in a control group. Control group participants willrespond to the same survey and data requests as those in receipt of thepayment. <\/p>\n If you participate in the control group, you are paid two weeks basic incomefor each of the 3 years of the pilot scheme. This means you will get 6 weeks ofthe BIA payment to compensate you for the time required to engage in the datacollection process.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Read more here:<\/p>\n Basic Income for the Arts (BIA) - Citizens Information<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the Basic Income for the Arts(BIA)? Continue reading