Performance acting or dancing fees

On April 21, 2008 Resolution No 181/2008 from the Secretariat of Communications and Media was published in the Official Gazette. This Resolution establishes the taxes that users have to pay for any type of use, interactive device or communication to the general public by means of performance act or dancing, be it taped by audiovisual or any other means. 

Let us recall that Decree No 191/2006 granted the Argentine Association of Actors (S.A.G.A.I.) the right throughout Argentina to receive and administer all taxes owing to foreign and Argentine performing artists; this covers all categories of actors and dancers of all types and their rights. 

Hence, S.A.G.A.I. is the only agency empowered to make agreements with third party users or users of such performances, for usage throughout Argentina, the means of getting paid and the amount of the tax in question, just as the allotment and distribution of the earnings of the actors and dancers, with strict observance of the principles of objectivity, equality and proportionality.  

Resolution No 181/2008 regulates on the appropriate fees according to the type of user. For example: television broadcasters, cable or satellite television broadcasters, cinemas, companies that transport passengers, airlines, trains, passenger shipping, hotels and hostels, bus companies, any type of establishment open to the general public (whether entrance is charged or free). The SAGAI may apply discounts and/or deductions when according to the particular circumstances of the different users as long as it always respects the norms on competition. Where both parties reach an agreement, this will stand in stead of the fee fixed by this Resolution.