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What a club deal pays the artist as the club fills up, where the promoter breaks even, and what artist tax comes off. Change a figure and the table follows.

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The deal
Deal type

The guarantee or a share of the door after costs, whichever is higher.

Of the net box office after agreed costs.

Paid tickets that trigger the bonus.

The night

Including VAT.

Ticket VAT depends on the country and the kind of event. Music performances, DJ nights included when the music is the point of the night, are taxed at 13% in Austria and 7% in Germany; otherwise the standard rate applies. Use the rate your tax adviser confirms.

Optional. Adds a row for your estimate.

Deducted before the split on versus and door deals, as listed in the contract (sound, light, door staff). On every deal they count towards the promoter’s break-even.

Artist tax

For an artist from abroad, the promoter withholds this from the fee and pays it to the tax office. Treaty relief can reduce it.

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What the deal pays

The figures are examples and nothing is stored. This is not tax advice.

Artist fee
€2,000 to €7,651
From 25% to 100% of capacity.
Door share wins
From 444 tickets
Below that, the guarantee pays.
Promoter break-even
396 tickets
44% of capacity covers the artist fee and the agreed costs.
What the artist and the promoter get at different attendance
Tickets Net box office After costs Artist fee Promoter result
225 25% of capacity €3,983 €0 €2,000 Guarantee −€3,018
450 50% of capacity €7,965 €2,965 €2,076 Door share +€890
675 75% of capacity €11,948 €6,948 €4,863 Door share +€2,084
810 90% of capacity €14,337 €9,337 €6,536 Door share +€2,801
900 100% of capacity €15,930 €10,930 €7,651 Door share +€3,279

Worked out in cents, shown in whole euros. Costs outside the agreed list, bar income and fees to the ticketing company are not part of it.

How it is worked out

  1. 01

    Box office

    Tickets sold times the ticket price.

  2. 02

    Net box office

    The ticket price without its VAT, rounded to the cent (€17.70 from €20 at 13%), times the tickets.

  3. 03

    After costs

    The net box office minus the agreed costs, never below zero. Door shares are taken from this.

  4. 04

    Artist fee

    Flat: the guarantee. Versus: the guarantee or the door share, whichever is higher. Door deal: the door share. Plus bonus: the guarantee, and the bonus from the threshold.

  5. 05

    Promoter result

    The net box office minus the agreed costs and the artist fee. The break-even is the attendance from which it stays at zero or above.

  6. 06

    Artist tax

    The rate of the country times the artist fee, withheld by the promoter.

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