Please refer to our list of Frequently Asked Questions and answers. These derive from repeated enquiries from artists and art market professionals. We hope they will clarify anything that has not been already stated on our website. If not, please contact us.
| Q: What happens if a work of art is sold privately? |
| A: Works of art which are sold by a private individual to a private individual are exempt from Artist’s Resale Right. |
| Q: How often will ACS request information on sales from me? |
| A: ACS will request sales information from you on a quarterly basis. |
| Q: When do I have to pay the Artist’s Resale Right? |
| A: ACS will invoice you for Artist’s Resale Right on any eligible sales you have made on a quarterly basis. |
| Q: What do I have to do? |
| A: The UK Regulations declare that professional art traders must provide information regarding the sale of art works to aid us in calculating the amount of Artist’s Resale Right due and in distributing the royalty to artists. This information should be returned to us within a time frame of 90 days from the date of receipt of such a request. |
| Q: What happens if I resell a work of art abroad? |
| A: If the work of art is sold in a territory where Artist’s Resale Right is enforced, the work will be eligible for Artist’s Resale Right. However, if the work if art is sold in a country which does not enforce ARR, be advised not to automatically assume that ARR is not applicable. It is advisable to check with us first. |
| Q: Do I have to report sales to both ACS and DACS? |
| A: If the some of the artists of the works you have resold are represented by DACS and others by ACS then you will need to report sales to the relevant collecting society. ACS is able to inform you which exactly which artists we represent since our membership list is finite. You will be able to see from our website which artists are members of ACS and report the sales information thereafter. |
| Q: What information about my sales is passed on to artists? |
| A: Artists will receive a statement which includes the calculation of their royalty payment. This will include the date of sale, the sale price and our calculations to distribute the royalty. |
| Q: What information is required by ACS about my sales and why? |
| A: ACS requires the following information to identify the artist, their eligibility for ARR, to identify their work, and to calculate the amount of ARR due to the artist: artist’s name, artist’s nationality, title of work, date of work, medium, date of sale, sale price and whether or not it was bought as stock. |
| Q: Some of the artists I work with don’t agree with Artist’s Resale Right. What should I tell them? |
| A: Many artists have voiced concern over the introduction of Artist’s Resale Right, however, the UK government passed the Statutory Instrument enforcing Artist’s Resale Right on February 14th, 2006. Because the UK Regulations state that Artist’s Resale Right must be managed by a designated collecting society, Artist’s Resale Right will be collected by a society on behalf of an artist. We ask that you alert any artists you work with to this point and encourage them to choose which collecting society they would like to mandate. Once the royalty is passed back to an artist, he/she can do with it as he/she pleases. |
| Q: How can I minimise the work involved in reporting resales? |
| A: You can use our website to find out whether the artist you are reporting a sale for is represented by ACS. You can use our online reporting facility to complete a form which provides us with the necessary sales information. You can also send us an email or post us a sales catalogue to report sales. |
