BECAUSE CULTURE IS A VALUABLE ASSET.
The total income of SWISSPERFORM – after covering the administrative expenses and the 10% deduction for the cultural and social funds/projects – is distributed to the five right holders’groups.
The total income of SWISSPERFORM – after covering the administrative expenses and the 10% deduction for the cultural and social funds/projects – is distributed to the five right holders’ groups. The funds were allocated as follows (2025):
Prior to the distribution process, SWISSPERFORM deducts the shares for the funds and the shares for administration costs from the (gross) annual tariff income.
Pursuant to Art. 48 para. 2 of the Swiss Copyright Act (CopA), Swiss collective management organisations are entitled to deduct a portion of their tariff income «for social welfare purposes and for the appropriate promotion of culture». Said deduction must not exceed 10% of tariff income.
Recipients of such allocations are the Swiss Performers’ Foundation (SIS), the Swiss Foundation for Phono Producers, the Swiss Foundation for Radio and Culture, the Swiss Cultural Foundation for Audiovision, Suisseculture Sociale, Fondation Artes et Comoedia, the CAST welfare foundation and the foundation for film and audiovision (VFA/FPA).
The administration cost rate defines the deduction that SWISSPERFORM calculates and executes from its members’ income for the rights it administers on their behalves. Administration costs are used to cover SWISSPERFORM’s expenses (such as salaries, rent etc.). Administration costs in 2025 amounted to TCHF 7’019 which is the equivalent of an administration cost rate of 11.04%.
