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Lesson time: (1min 28sec)
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This lesson is part of the course Fundamentos del negocio de la música para artistas
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Lesson transcript:
Understanding the Tax System for Musicians
You need to understand that we have a tax system here. You have to register with HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs).
Registration Timeline
- You have three months from the time that you start your business.
- This period does not start from the first day that you receive an income.
- It begins from the moment you think, "I'm going to be a professional musician," "I'm going to be a professional artist," or "I'm going to be a professional footballer."
- It doesn't matter what your profession is; you have three months from that point to register with HMRC.
How to Register
- You can do it online; it's the easiest thing in the world, actually.
After Registration
Once you've done that, HMRC will kick in and they'll send you your UTR (Unique Tax Reference number). Then every year, they'll send you a tax return that you need to complete.
Initial Stages
- In the initial stages of your career, when there isn't going to be a great deal of volume in terms of income or expenditure,
- The forms are not that difficult to complete.
As Your Career Develops
However, as your career develops and more money comes in from different avenues and sources, it becomes a lot more complicated. That's when people like me really should be brought in.
About the instructor
Imogen Heap es una cantante, compositora, productora y tecnóloga inglesa ganadora de un Grammy, cuya influencia recorre dos décadas de pop, electrónica y música para cine — y buena parte de la tecnología que los artistas de hoy dan por sentada. Nacida en Londres en 1977 y con formación clásica en piano, violonchelo y clarinete, publicó su álbum debut 'iMegaphone' en 1998 antes de formar el dúo Frou Frou con el productor Guy Sigsworth, cuya canción 'Let Go' llegó a una audiencia global gracias a la película Garden State. Su álbum 'Speak for Yourself' (2005), escrito y producido íntegramente por ella, incluyó 'Hide and Seek', el hito a capela que después impulsó el nº 1 de Jason Derulo 'Whatcha Say' y 'Goodnight n Go' de Ariana Grande, y que sigue conquistando a nuevas generaciones de oyentes. 'Ellipse' (2009) ganó el Grammy en la categoría Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical — grabado en su propio estudio doméstico — y más tarde coescribió y produjo 'Clean' en '1989' de Taylor Swift, ganador del Grammy al Álbum del Año. También compuso la música de la obra teatral 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'. Innovadora incansable, Heap desarrolló los guantes gestuales MI.MU — reconocidos con tres doctorados honoris causa — y fundó Mycelia y The Creative Passport, iniciativas que construyen un ecosistema de datos más justo para los artistas. En 2024 regresó con 'What Have You Done to Me?', creada junto a su álter ego vocal de IA, Mogen, mientras el resurgir viral de 'Headlock' acercaba su música a millones de nuevos fans. read more