Distribution guide for publisher members

APRA

CODE:

APRA‘s distributions are identified by a 6-character code e.g. P1710A, P1710N.

The code is a 6-character string consisting of the elements PYYMMC, where:

• P is a fixed character indicating this is a performing right royalty distribution.
• YY is a 2-digit identifier for the year in which the distribution payment is made e.g. 2017 = 17
• MM is a 2-digit identifier for the month in which APRA’s processing of distribution data concludes, and CMS starts running distribution programs to generate member and society payments (please note this is not the month of the end of the quarter for which fees are being distributed.). e.g. for P1710A below, the royalties are for activities relating to April-June, which are then processed in the month of October, and that are paid in mid-November.

Either the letter A, signifying Australian royalties; or N, signifying New Zealand royalties.

AMCOS

CODE:

AMCOS’ quarterly distributions are named after the year and the quarter in which royalties are invoiced and data is processed (one quarter after activity occurs), using a YYMM naming convention. For example, AMCOS distribution 2203 is for the March (03) quarter of 2022 (22).