Touring Fundamentals

The visa regime used by the Republic of Slovenia forms part of the Union acquis. It comprises two categories of countries: countries whose nationals must have a visa to enter the Republic of Slovenia and countries whose nationals do not need a visa (EU countries, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, also most countries of Southern America): 

https://www.gov.si/en/topics/entry-and-residence/

Working permits are generally not needed for concerts, though there may be complications for those needing a visa. Insurances are part of individual contracts and usually covered by general insurances held by venues. There is no minimal fee or any obligatory tariff agreement nor any obligatory per diems. 



The VAT situation (whether VAT needs to be featured as part of the fee of the foreign artist or not) depends on the tax status of the organisation paying the fee. However, when signing contracts with agents or other legal representatives the organiser pays for both the income tax as well as VAT. When dealing with individual authors the organiser pays only for the income tax. In both cases, in addition to the fee, travel expenses, hotels and per diems are also taxed if it is agreed in the contract that they are an additional cost of the organizer. Generally, individual contracts - the so called copyright agreements - are preferred because the income tax for royalties is significantly lower than the income tax when paid to the agency.

Authors may use a certificate, sent to them by the organizer, to calculate and manage the payment of taxes in their country of residence. What and whether they have to pay something depends on bilateral agreements on the avoidance of double taxation. These usually differ from country to country and are also not signed with all countries.