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Living abroad: taxes

International International PlayRight PlayRight

By law, PlayRight is obliged to withhold tax from any rights it pays out. In turn, PlayRight passes on this withholding tax to the Belgian State. But if you are not a Belgian tax resident, chances are that your royalties will be taxed again when you declare them on your tax return in your own country of residence.

When will my repertoire generate rights abroad?

International PlayRight

As a PlayRight member, the recordings of your artistic performances will effectively start generating revenue once the following conditions have been met:

Adjust my affiliation contract

International International PlayRight PlayRight

You can always* adjust your affiliation contract with PlayRight to:

fit the territories for which you entitle us to collect your neighbouring rights (you can find the list of countries with whom we have a bilateral agreement here),
and/or adjust the “type” of repertoire you want PlayRight to manage

Resolve a contract conflict between PlayRight and another organisation

Audiovisual Audiovisual International International Music Music PlayRight PlayRight

By joining several collecting societies you run the risk of having your rights frozen if the territories the various societies cover overlap.

International exchanges

Audiovisual Audiovisual International International Music Music PlayRight PlayRight

Collecting societies exchange information about the use of their respective repertoires in each country. This is usually done on the basis of playlists. On these lists, PlayRight will specify for which artists and recordings it claims rights . The rights are then calculated on the basis of the distribution rules operated by the sister company and paid to PlayRight.

My repertoire is broadcast abroad

Audiovisual International Music PlayRight

Your repertoire may also be protected by neighbouring rights abroad. If your recordings are broadcasted in other countries, the collecting societies in those countries will collect neighbouring rights on your behalf. They will do so regardless of whether you are affiliated to them or not.

Countries where PlayRight can collect my rights abroad

Audiovisual International Music PlayRight

To manage its members’ foreign rights, PlayRight has closed bilateral agreements with similar collecting societies in more than 50 countries.

Who are PlayRight members?

PlayRight

“actors, singers, musicians, dancers, and other persons who act, sing, deliver, declaim, play in, or otherwise perform literary or artistic works”.

“Declaration(s) to complete” in my portal

PlayRight

The section “Participation(s) to declare” in your online file contains contributions that were once added to your repertoire based on internal research.

Deadline to declare my performances

Audiovisual International Music PlayRight

Rights for a given reference year are not paid out in one go but in two stages. To ensure that you receive as many as possible of the rights you are entitled to during the first distribution round, we would advise you to declare your recordings as soon as you can.