The portal for the thuiskopie turnover statement will reopen on February 1, 2025.
Every year, around March, relevant publishers receive an invitation to report their revenue via our webportal. Not all titles and revenue from your publishing house are eligible to be included.
Accepted titles
Various formats are eligible for the thuiskopie fee. The publications may be exploited in various formats, such as:
- Digital (e.g., PDF)
- Online (via website, database, or app)
A combination of formats is, of course, also possible.
You may only report titles with an 'open readership.' These are publications that are available to anyone (either through single-copy sales or through a subscription).
Please note: Publications that are merely available to members or affiliates (e.g., of an association) are excluded.
The titles must be published in the Netherlands. The publications may either be Dutch-language or foreign-language publications.
Accepted turnover
You may only report the revenue for the requested financial year.
Please note: In the case of a broken financial year, it may be difficult to determine the revenue. You can then choose the most recently closed financial year.
You may only report the net turnover generated by sales to consumers based in the Netherlands.
Please note: The thuiskopie fee only concerns direct consumer turnover. You may therefore not report turnover generated by business services.
Net turnover is defined as the gross turnover at consumer prices from subscriptions, single sales, and net advertising revenue sold to end-users in the Netherlands.
Please note: The turnover should be reported excluding income from VAT, exports, distribution costs, trade discounts, sponsorship funds, affiliate income, and income from non-owned publications, public domain works, professional and academic books, and magazines, or general books.
You may report your net advertising turnover. This refers to the total turnover your publisher has generated from advertisers and/or advertising agencies. The net proceeds from inserts, supplements, etc., are also included in the advertising revenue.
Please note: The net advertising turnover should be reported excluding VAT, discounts (e.g., discounts to advertising and media agencies or discounts for cash payment), and commissions granted to representatives and/or acquisition agencies for securing advertisements.
Excluded titles
You cannot report revenue in the "general books" category because, in this category, the number of salaried creators is generally negligible.
You may not report turnover from professional, educational, study, and/or scientific books. The thuiskopie (private copy) fee is a fee paid by consumers, so professional use is excluded. These publications may, however, be eligible for the reprographic rights fee.
You may not report publications that have been produced on behalf of third parties. The publication must clearly state that you are the publisher of the work. Stichting PRO conducts random checks to verify this.
You may not report publications for which the copyright has expired (seventy years after the author's death). These works fall under the public domain.
You may not report publications that are only available to members or affiliates (e.g., of an association).
Excluded revenue
You may not report VAT as revenue (Value Added Taxes, 'BTW' in Dutch).
You may not report revenue resulting from sales abroad (outside of the Netherlands) and/or export revenue.
You may not report shipping, handling, administration, postage, or similar costs.
You may not report a 'trade discount'. A 'trade discount' refers to the discount given to third parties for the benefit of intermediaries and retailers. If a publisher grants a discount to an in-house intermediary or retail company, that discount is also considered a 'trade discount'.
You may not report income from sponsorship, affiliate revenue, or similar sources.
You may not report discounts on advertisements (e.g., discounts to advertising and media agencies or discounts for cash payments). You also cannot report commissions/fees granted to representatives and/or acquisition agencies for securing advertisements.
You may not report revenue obtained from other/related activities of the publisher (e.g., from training, events, software, services, sales of non-media products in a webshop, etc.).