Which deductions are made from the income?

We differentiate between two types of deductions:

• For social and cultural purposes, we thus founded the GEMA Social Fund, for example, a social compensation fund which pays out benefits in old age, cases of illness, accidents and cases of hardship.
• For our administration costs which are set by the Supervisory Board and the Managing Committee by mutual consent.

Deductions for social and cultural purposes:

From admission fees and membership fees, we take 10 percent for social and cultural purposes. The same applies to the public performance categories where we also make 10 percent of the income available.

For the category international A (performance and reproduction rights), no deduction is made for social and cultural purposes. Exception: In the categories online GOP, MOD D and MOD S, the deduction is 1 percent from the distribution for the 2023 financial year (distributions in 2024).

Deductions for our administration costs: 

Please refer to your detailed statements for the amount of the commission rates in the areas of reproduction and distribution. In the case of online uses, we apply until the end of 2025 a 10 percent deduction from the income. From 2026, GEMA will reduce the deduction for the MOD D, MOD D VR, MOD S, MOD S VR and GOP, GOP VR categories to 9 per cent. For VOD, the familiar 10 per cent will remain in place.

In the category international A (performance and reproduction rights), 5% is withheld, and in the category international A VR (reproduction rights), 2% is withheld. Exception: For sound recordings from Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Spain, and the United Kingdom, the rate is 0%.

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