[cma-l] PRS, PPL and VAT

[Bill Best]

Good evening

Application of VAT has nothing to do with PPL and PRS for Music. It would
be an HMRC issue.

Best regards

Bill
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On 5 January 2017 at 15:59, Betar Bangla Ltd <betarbangla at gmail.com> wrote:

> hi everybody,
> Fantasy radio should know that a lot of community radio stations are not
> registered for VAT due to low income. Fantasy radio might be earning a huge
> amount of money, and they are registered, but what about us as we can not
> claim back what we would pay them as VAT. PRS and PPL should removeed VAT
> from their invoices and also they should refund all VAT they charged to all
> community radio station till today.
> I beleive that CMA should take initiative to solve these with PRS and PPL
> in the interest of Community radio stations.
> thanks
>
>
> On 5 January 2017 at 14:44, fantasy office <office at fantasyradio.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> 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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