What does the store music performance fee total include?
Paying for a music subscription does not necessarily settle the rights needed to play recordings to customers in a Korean coffee shop, pub or fitness gym.
This calculator separates the author royalty, performer compensation and phonogram producer compensation, then estimates the monthly and selected-period tariff.
It also distinguishes the standard tariff from an additional payment when a music service or head office has already paid the three components.
This is a Korea-specific 2026 planning tool using official tariff tables checked on 2026-09-25.
Amounts are in KRW and exclude VAT, music service fees and direct-license costs.
Use the statement to compare an operating budget or invoice; it is not a license, payment receipt or legal determination.
Separate the three rights to prevent omissions and duplicate payments
Author royalty
This covers the authors of the musical work, including composers and lyricists.
Confirm KOMCA and KOSCAP mandates and allocation; do not add two full standard author tariffs.
Performer compensation
This concerns the singers and musicians on the recording.
Permission from a composer alone does not settle this separate compensation.
Producer compensation
This concerns the phonogram producer.
Rights in a particular recording may remain protected separately from the underlying musical work.
The author amount used here is the standard combined amount in the Korea Copyright Commission guide.
Individual societies may invoice according to repertoire management ratios and contracts.
If you receive two author invoices, compare the represented rights and allocation before treating both as full additional tariffs.
Supported businesses and the under-50 m² exemption
Businesses covered by this table
- Coffee shops and other non-alcoholic beverage shops
- Draft-beer pubs and other pubs covered by the specified classification
- Fitness gyms registered under the applicable fitness-facility category
For these supported categories, a licensed area below 50 m² falls outside collection under the standard table.
Exactly 50 m² starts the first payable tier.
Check the permit or registration and actual business activity rather than relying on a shop name.
Ordinary restaurants, entertainment or karaoke bars, aerobics studios and large retail stores are outside this calculator, even when their floor area is small.
An unsupported business receives a review-required result, not an automatic exemption.
Being outside this limited tariff calculator is different from having no legal payment obligation.
Mixed activities or separate performances require confirmation of the applicable rules.
Monthly tariff tables by licensed floor area
All amounts below are KRW per month, excluding VAT, before any rural reduction.
Add the performer and producer amounts separately, once each.
For supported businesses below 50 m², all three standard components are zero.
Beverage shops and pubs
Beverage shop and pub monthly author, performer and producer tariffs and total by licensed area| Area (m²) | Author | Performer | Producer | Total |
|---|
| 50 to under 100 | 2,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 4,000 |
| 100 to under 200 | 3,600 | 1,800 | 1,800 | 7,200 |
| 200 to under 300 | 4,900 | 2,450 | 2,450 | 9,800 |
| 300 to under 500 | 6,200 | 3,100 | 3,100 | 12,400 |
| 500 to under 1,000 | 7,800 | 3,900 | 3,900 | 15,600 |
| 1,000 or more | 10,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 20,000 |
Fitness gyms
Fitness gym monthly author, performer and producer tariffs and total by licensed area| Area (m²) | Author | Performer | Producer | Total |
|---|
| 50 to under 100 | 5,700 | 2,850 | 2,850 | 11,400 |
| 100 to under 200 | 11,000 | 5,500 | 5,500 | 22,000 |
| 200 to under 300 | 14,400 | 7,200 | 7,200 | 28,800 |
| 300 to under 500 | 18,500 | 9,250 | 9,250 | 37,000 |
| 500 to under 1,000 | 23,200 | 11,600 | 11,600 | 46,400 |
| 1,000 or more | 29,800 | 14,900 | 14,900 | 59,600 |
A confirmed rural eup/myeon location moves down one tier, with tier 1 remaining tier 1.
A rural location is therefore not a blanket exemption.
For example, a tier-2 shop uses tier-1 amounts after the reduction, while a tier-1 shop does not become free.
If regional eligibility is unknown, the calculator shows the standard-region reference and withholds an additional payment estimate.
Prepare the inputs in this order
- Confirm the registered business: use the relevant permit or registration rather than a signboard or delivery-app category.
Choose Other if classification is unresolved.
- Enter licensed area: use the square-meter figure on the document, including decimals.
Do not substitute seating area or a rough conversion from pyeong near a tier boundary.
- Check region and playback: identify rural eligibility and whether you use recordings, a personal service, a business service or no recorded music.
Keep unknown conditions marked for review.
- Review direct permission and combined billing: determine whether evidence covers authors only or also performers and producers.
Do not mark payment confirmed without supporting records.
- Enter payment months and save: use the number of payable months confirmed with the collector and download the TXT statement.
Send the inputs and unresolved items with the amounts.
Formulas and exact boundaries
Monthly total = author royalty + performer compensation + producer compensation
12-month annualized total = monthly total × 12
Selected-period standard total = monthly total × payment months
An area of 99.9999 m² is in the first band; 100 m² starts the second.
The area is not rounded to an integer before selecting the tariff.
These are banded monthly amounts, not a per-square-meter price applied to each extra unit of area.
Payment months must be an integer from 1 to 120, while annualized totals always represent twelve months.
The period total assumes the checked tariff remains unchanged.
The tool does not prorate opening or closure months by day or infer a reduction because music played on only some days.
Confirm historical arrears, future increases, partial months and any financing charges separately with the collector.
Worked examples using the same calculation
100 m² coffee shop, standard region
Author KRW 3,600 + performer KRW 1,800 + producer KRW 1,800 = KRW 7,200 per month.
Twelve months cost KRW 86,400; three months cost KRW 21,600 before excluded charges.
With separate payment, the additional payment budget is the same.
The same shop, confirmed rural eligibility
Tier 2 becomes tier 1: 2,000 + 1,000 + 1,000 = KRW 4,000 monthly and KRW 48,000 over twelve months.
Do not use the lower amount as a confirmed payment when regional eligibility is unresolved.
300 m² fitness gym
The standard-region calculation is 18,500 + 9,250 + 9,250 = KRW 37,000 monthly, or KRW 444,000 annually.
At 1,000 m² or more, the total becomes KRW 59,600 monthly and KRW 715,200 annually.
These examples exclude VAT and music service fees.
Coffee shop with confirmed combined payment
The 100 m² coffee-shop reference remains KRW 7,200 monthly.
Only the additional payment becomes zero after checking evidence for this store, every used recording, all three components and the entire entered period.
Unknown inclusion produces a withheld estimate rather than a zero.
Personal subscriptions and direct permission
Paying for a personal streaming or video subscription is different from paying public-performance fees.
Even a settled performance tariff does not determine whether that service permits commercial playback.
A small-store tariff exemption does not remove contractual restrictions either.
Do not assume that YouTube, foreign music or classical recordings require no rights review.
Why direct permission withholds the additional amount
An author may have entrusted the relevant rights to a society, and performer and producer compensation may remain payable.
A claim that all rights have expired or that music is free must cover each right in the actual recordings used.
The calculator therefore does not remove all three fees based on a permission selection.
A direct-license price can differ from the standard tariff: take the contract and invoice to the relevant collector for review.
Documents and next steps for common situations
Preparing a new store
Use the planned classification and confirmed licensed area to separate recurring music costs.
Add service quotations and separately invoiced VAT to your standard performance-fee budget.
Recalculate before signing if the area or activity changes.
A head office or service says it pays
Check that the records identify your store, recordings, all three rights and the covered period.
Partial rights or partial months do not support the full-inclusion checkbox.
Editing the conditions clears confirmation so that you can recheck the evidence for the new inputs.
An invoice differs from the table
Check VAT, service fees, the rural tier adjustment and repertoire allocation between societies.
A difference alone does not prove overcharging.
Provide the permit, itemized invoice and TXT estimate when requesting an explanation.
Frequently asked questions
Is exactly 50 m² exempt?
No.
Only supported businesses below 50 m² fall in the small-area exemption band.
Exactly 50 m² starts tier 1.
Is every rural eup/myeon shop free?
No.
One tier is deducted, with tier 1 unchanged.
Confirm that the location qualifies rather than relying only on the address wording.
Does a music subscription include performance fees?
Contracts vary.
Additional payment becomes zero only after evidence covers this store, recordings, all three rights and the entire selected period.
Does composer permission settle the other rights?
Check authority and trust mandates.
Performer and producer compensation may remain payable, so direct permission withholds the additional-payment estimate.
Can ordinary restaurants or small entertainment bars use this table?
Those businesses are outside the supported classification.
Select Other and ask the collector about the applicable rules; small area is not automatically an exemption.
Are partial months prorated by day?
No.
This is monthly budgeting.
Confirm payable months and any opening or closure adjustments with the collecting organization.
Is the tariff reference the same for personal streaming?
The supported-business reference uses the same table.
Whether the service permits business playback must be checked separately.
Is this a final VAT-inclusive music bill?
No.
It totals the three standard rights components.
VAT, service charges and direct-license costs are separate; verify the final invoice and contract.
Official sources, effective dates and updates
Checked on 2026-09-25 using the National Law Information OPEN API.
Copyright Act Articles 29(2), 76-2 and 83-2 and Enforcement Decree Article 11 govern the relevant scope and compensation.
The current Act ID000798/MST283335 and Decree ID004680/MST288567 are effective 2026-08-11.
Compensation notices 2021-73 and 2021-72 are effective 2022-01-07 until the next revision; both original tariff images were checked.
The author tariff was cross-checked against the 2018-03-26 approval, 2018-08-23 expanded implementation and KOSCAP Article 7(7)/(8) in its posted 2026-03-20 revision.
Current compensation notices identify the Federation of Korean Music Performers (FKMP) and the Korea Entertainment Producers Association.
The older FAQ contains a previous organization name; recheck the current designation and combined collection channel before contracting or paying.
Approved tariff amendments require corresponding updates to constants and examples.
For changes after the verification date, current official materials take precedence.
Check the budget and share the statement
Enter the business category and licensed area to see the three monthly components.
The TXT export includes assumptions and review items so your head office or collector can explain unresolved charges.
Resolve those items and compare evidence with the actual invoice before finalizing payment.
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