If you are a professional artist within the meaning of the Act respecting the professional status of artists in the visual arts, film, the recording arts, literature, arts and crafts and the performing arts, you may be entitled to a deduction, for 2023, for income from copyrights of which you, as an author or performing artist, are the first owner. Copyrights include public lending rights.

You can claim this deduction if the total copyright income included in your business income or shown in box H-2 of your RL-3 slip is less than $60,000. To calculate the amount you can claim, complete Work Chart 297.