[cma-l] PRS, PPL and VAT

[fantasy office]

Good afternoon.

I have tried to resist joining in - but I feel I must.

I am very happy with the PRS PPL deal - it means, with a simple payment, 
we can play all the music in the world on our station, with no logging, 
returns, or other encumberance. It's a damn good deal. 80 percent of our 
output is music and I'm very thankful for that. It brings us an 
audience, without which, we may as well all go home.

Community radio is a business - we need to pay for things so we have 
something to sell. It's as plain as that.
Electricity, broadband, phone lines, Ofcom licence, PRS and PPL are the 
lifeblood of what we do. Of course, if you can get a better deal 
somewhere, that's good news.

And what's the problem with VAT? Anybody with any business sense knows 
that if you have to pay VAT and you're registered, YOU CLAIM IT BACK. 
This applies to telephone, fuel, equipment and more.

When we started our first RSLs, then applied for our community licence, 
we just looked at the rules, did the costings and worked it out from 
there. It really is that simple. We took the decision and we made it work.

Please, let's concentrate on producing great radio for our listeners and 
it will all work out fine. Don't try to reinvent the wheel - it may not 
be perfect but it works pretty well.

Peace and love in 2017 to all our colleagues in CR.

Phil Dawson
*FANTASY RADIO 97FM*
Devizes,
Wiltshire.
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