Authors from abroad
Welcome to SSA!
You don’t live in Switzerland, but you want to assign the management of your rights for Switzerland to us? SSA is happy to be by your side!
Your advantages:
- Personal service.
- A multi-lingual team is here for you.
- Joining SSA does not cost anything and you do not have to pay an annual membership fee either; we live by the motto “no collection = no cost”.
- A lean and efficient structure, a low cost rate (please see our latest annual report). We pay our members’ remuneration out on a monthly basis.
- Remuneration generated in Switzerland is not subject to tax or social security deductions.
SSA does not deduct administration costs for remuneration collected abroad, in case you wish to assign your rights to us for territories outside Switzerland. Depending on the source country of the remuneration, there is the issue of the withholding tax. - Our transfers are made in Swiss Francs, a safe and stable currency – reflecting the attributes typical for the government and economy of the country.
- Swiss values such as discretion and confidentiality are kept at the highest levels at SSA.
Your rights are important to us! You will not be treated as just another rights ownerNatural person or legal entity holding the relevant rights in their original form or by virtue of assignment or succession. among many, and your works are well taken care of by us. SSA: For authors and by authors.
If you live in a country where there is an authors’ society covering the same or similar fields to SSA, and if your works are mainly exploited in that country, here is some important information:
- SSA is most likely represented by the local society in your country. The collection of your authors’ rights remunerations, rates, distribution times and deductions will therefore be the same regardless of whether you are affiliated with SSA or the local society.
- In terms of tax and social security, the local society will probably offer you benefits that you would lose if you joined SSA for workIntellectual property creation in literature and art (as well as computer programmes) exhibiting an individual and therefore unique character. Said individual character is the prerequisite that a work can be protected. exploitations in your country.
- SSA converts payments received into Swiss francs. If you wish to use these in your country of residence, there will be a second currency conversion, resulting in additional bank charges and a loss in value.
- If your country of residence levies withholding tax on authors’ rights remunerations, having your payments channelled through SSA may have drawbacks and cause you administrative complications.
It is possible to entrust the management of your rights in certain territories to one collecting society, and in other countries to another. Your personal situation, along with the pros and cons, should be clarified through a personalised consultation – we are here to help. Ultimately, the solution of entrusting the management of your rights to SSA solely for use in Switzerland is often the preferred option.
If you require further information, please contact us – without any obligation.