No, if you are a TONO member who has a VAT-liable business, for example in an AS, then you do not need to pay VAT on your TONO payments. This is for three reasons: 1. Assurance from the Tax Administration that they will not conduct inspections while they prepare new VAT regulations The Tax Administration announced on December 23, 2021 that they were in […]
Are you wondering how the fee is calculated for the various transmission areas? Here you can read about TONO's settlement rules 2025.
YouTube uses systems that automatically recognize most released music along with the metadata that is registered with the upload of unreleased music to identify rights holders. If you upload a video yourself, it is therefore important that you register the correct title, all rights holders in the work, ISRC codes, etc. Also remember that the work must be […]
The publisher must submit a so-called transport declaration, or financial authorization, to TONO. This must state whether the advance applies to income from, for example, record sales, or whether it also applies to performance fees, and whether it is a general transport declaration or whether it only applies to some of your works. Once we have registered it, the percentages that […]
No. The Taxation Act states that "fees or other remuneration paid to the author of intellectual property" are subject to reporting, but TONO is not subject to withholding tax. This means that TONO can pay the settled amount to copyright holders without deducting tax, but is required to report to the authorities how much has been settled to the individual recipient. For […]
Concerts are billed once a year, in the fall (September/October). This bill includes concerts from the entire calendar year (January 1-December 31) from the previous year. If you played concerts last year, they are billed this year. If you played this year, they are billed next year.
These channels are located under British territory, and are therefore billed by our British sister society PRS For Music. Any billing from these channels will be received through the international billing.
NRK's radio channels are settled based on a distribution percentage (factor), which takes into account, among other things, the number of listeners on the various channels. In addition, the number of minutes of music performed per channel and year will affect the final minute value for each individual radio channel.