The Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) has decided to reduce the applied administrative expense rates, which are deducted when distributing royalties to authors, composers, publishers and other rights holders, only for the 2020-3 distribution period, as in the following table.

JASRAC's general account revenue and expenditures are closed after each year, and any surpluses are distributed to rights holders in the following year if the ordinary revenue (administrative expenses that are deducted when distributing royalties) exceeds the ordinary expenditures (business expenses and administrative expenses). However, when it is apparent that a surplus will occur at fiscal closing, JASRAC intends to return the funds to right holders as soon as possible.

In FY 2019 (from April 2019 to March 2020), whereas ordinary revenue has exceeded the budget, ordinary expenditures has stayed below the budget. Accordingly, JASRAC has decided to lower the administrative expense rates that will be applied to the 2020-03 distribution, which is the last distribution in FY 2019.

The applicable royalty categories are "Performances, etc.," "Broadcasts, etc.," "Cable broadcasts, etc." and "Interactive transmissions."

JASRAC will continue its efforts to boost administrative efficiency and reduce expenses in order to ensure that royalties that are paid by music users lead to new creative works by artists.

Applied Administrative Expense Rate