Documents for Songwriters

Here you can find some useful documents.

1. Work Registration

• Work registration froms
• Practical information before work registration
• Information on works created by authors, who are members of different collective management societies (CMOs)
• Appendix to registration form – for works with multiple parts (e.g. opera, operetta, musical, works with several movements, etc)
• Cue sheet (A document detailing the musical works featured in a film production.)
• Information on authorship disputes and autorship share verification

2. Royalty Distribution and Payment

• Simple explanation of definitions used in the authors’ royalty notification
• Royalty distribution calendar
• Tax advance statement for authors (for tax subjects under Hungarian personal income tax law)

3. Authors’ Self Release

• Registration forms of authors’ self-release
• Authors’ self-release of sound recordings – statement for registration
• Authors’ self-release of sound recordings – summary of receipts