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HITS Act, Legislation That Gives Music Creators a Tax Break, Passes Congress as Part of Trump’s Megabill

The HITS Act, designed to ease the financial burden of recording costs on music creators, passed Congress as part of Trump's "big beautiful" bill.

The Help Independent Tracks Succeed (HITS) Act, the long-in-the-works legislation that would allow musicians to deduct 100% of their production expenses in the year they’re incurred, passed in Congress as part of President Trump’s tax and spending cuts bill on Thursday (July 3). “The Recording Academy is proud to have partnered with Reps. Estes and Sánchez and Senators Blackburn and Cortez Masto over many years to bring the HITS Act to life, and we are deeply grateful for their unwavering support,” said Mason in a statement. “We wanted to incentivize musicians to get back in the studio and put more music out into the world when we need it right now and give them an immediate financial benefit by having this deduction in the first year,” The Recording Academy’s then-chief advocacy officer Daryl Friedman told Billboard when the bill was first introduced in the House of Representatives.

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