The Arts Council has opened applications for the role of Chair of the Acceptance in Lieu (AIL) Panel. The successful candidate will succeed Tim Knox who is resigning following his appointment as Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum.
The Chair's job is to lead the Panel in considering items offered in lieu of Inheritance Tax and Estate Duty and items gifted to the nation.
Applications
Download the recruitment pack with full details on the position and an application form. Applications close at 5pm on Friday 18 January 2013.
What is the AIL scheme?
The AIL scheme, administered by Arts Council England's Acquisitions, Exports, Loans and Collections Unit, allows those who have a bill for Inheritance Tax to offset part of those taxes by donating important cultural, scientific or historic objects to the nation.
The taxpayer is given the full open market value of the item, which is then allocated to a public museum, archive or library.
The AIL Panel provides advice to ministers and to HM Revenue and Customs on the suitability of items offered in lieu. It will also have responsibilities for the Cultural Gifts Scheme which, due to be introduced in 2012 following the completion of the current Finance Bill.
The Chair's job is to lead the Panel in the consideration of these and other matters.
Items allocated to the nation's public museums and galleries 2010-12
The AIL scheme Report 2010-12 sets out 51 cases of major cultural significance that have been allocated to the nation's public museums and galleries over the past two years.
The cases in the report include two paintings by 18th century English painter Sir Joshua Reynolds; two watercolours by JMW Turner; the only known Ottoman jade tankard to be held in a UK collection and a comprehensive archive of the works of the author JG Ballard. Descriptions of all of the 51 cases can be found in the report.
