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Art tax.

Series: Independent on Sunday ; 20 June 1999, 11 | Daily Telegraph ; 21 June 1999, 8 | Guardian ; 22 June 1999, 21(2)Publication details: 1999Subject(s): Summary: The UK government has persuaded the EU's Internal Market Council to indefinitely postpone proposals for a droit de suite levy on the sale of art works. This would give artists and their heirs a percentage of the resale price of their works. Art dealers believe the levy would cause the market to migrate elsewhere.

The UK government has persuaded the EU's Internal Market Council to indefinitely postpone proposals for a droit de suite levy on the sale of art works. This would give artists and their heirs a percentage of the resale price of their works. Art dealers believe the levy would cause the market to migrate elsewhere.