Arts and Culture

Cultural Gifts Program

Cultural Gifts Program

John Colburn sketch, beetle, Spanish woman strumming a lute, omnicycle, detail from child's curcoat with third rank badge

Since its establishment in 1978, over $554 million worth of items have been donated through the Cultural Gifts Program. They include visual and decorative arts, Indigenous arts and cultural artefacts, social history and scientific collections and archival material.

The program is administered in accordance with the gift provisions of the income tax law and with the advice of an expert committee, the Committee on Taxation Incentives for the Arts.

The Cultural Gifts Program is administered by a secretariat based at the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts in Canberra. The secretariat provides advice to program participants and supports the committee.

Further information about the program, how the program works and the Committee is available using the links provided on the left of this page.

Closing dates for submission

Submissions need to be received by the secretariat by close of business on the cut-off date. Late submissions will not be accepted.

Please note that it is the date of donation, as indicated on the Certificate of Donation, that determines in which financial year the donor can claim a tax deduction for their gift, rather than when the donation is considered by the Committee.

Forms and Certificates

All Cultural Gifts Program forms have been revised. The new forms are available under Forms and Certificates and must be used for all donation paperwork submitted to the Committee.

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Contacts

Secretariat
Cultural Gifts Program
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
GPO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601
Telephone: 02 6275 9651
Facsimile: 02 6275 9664
Email: cgp.mail@environment.gov.au