Gema, promoters agree on increased live music tariff
Germany's new concert tariff, effective 1 Jan 2018, will now be levied on net ticket sales, and rises to 8% for events with a capacity of more than 15,000
News By | 2 October 2017
German performance rights organisation (PRO) Gema has agreed a new concert tariff rate with promoters’ associations, bringing to a close three years of negotiations.
Effective 1 January 2018, tariffs will be levied on net, as opposed to gross, ticket sales, with other services included in the ticket price – such as, for example, fees for camping at festivals – also included for the first time.
The new rate will be 5.75% of net receipts for events under 2,000 people (it is currently 5% on…
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