If you write articles, books or scripts, here’s what you need to tell us, and when.

Claim for articles you’ve written for UK magazines and journals in the last three years.

Tell us about all the books you’ve written, and any contributions you’ve made, such as chapters, essays or poems.

Keep us up to date with your TV and radio scripts.

ALCS is now paying members for the visual contributions they have made to books, magazines and journals as well as the written contributions they’ve made. Find out if you can claim.

We collect money from all over the world – find out where, exactly.

Are you VAT-registered? If so, you can benefit from our self-billing scheme.

We charge a commission on the money we pay you. We keep this as low as possible, and use it to run ALCS (it's currently 9.5%). Find out more about our commission and any tax implications it might have for you.

Are you unsure what to put on your tax return? Or living overseas and exempt from UK tax? Find out how your payments are taxed.

We hold our AGM every November. Find out about the next one.

Read about the rules and regulations that guide how we run things.

The money we pay our members is from ‘secondary uses’, where someone uses a work that’s already been distributed – such as when schools photocopy books they own, or libraries lend books. Find out how we collect payments for these.

When you join ALCS we'll ask you to sign a declaration agreeing with our Terms and Conditions of Membership.