WORD FROM THE PRESIDENT
Our Board of Directors is pleased to welcome Eric Baptiste as SOCAN's new CEO. Read More
HST: NEW TAX RATES AND RULES
On July 1, 2010, both British Columbia and Ontario moved from the Goods & Services Tax (GST) to the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) of 12% and 13%, respectively. Nova Scotia also increased its current HST rate from 13% to 15%. In addition to the rate change, there are two sets of new rules in place around how the taxes are applied. Read More
MEDIA
ECMA WEBSITE PROMOTES SOMGWRITERS' WORKS
It's the mission of the The East Coast Music Association (ECMA) to foster, develop, promote and celebrate East Coast music and its artists locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. Its website is "the best way we could think of to attract visitors to our songwriters’ work,” explains Sue Hutchinson, Executive Director for the ECMA. Read More
SOCAN WEBSITE LAUNCHES LIST OF LEGAL MUSIC DOWNLOADING WEBSITES
SOCAN recently posted a list of links to several legal music downloading websites on its own site at www.socan.ca. These sites have recently become SOCAN customers under Taroff 22A for online music services. Read More
HOSPITALITY
SOUND CHECK-IN: MONTREAL'S BOUTIQUE HOTELS ARE MAKING THE MOST OF MUSIC
It’s Saturday night and folks are lined up to get into Montreal’s W Hotel. They aren’t keen for a continental breakfast or mad about plush pillows. They’re here for the music. Read More
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