< IMG LOADING = "Lazy" SRSC = "/Sites/Default/Files/Styles/Medium/2025-02/Kristin-SNIPPE-6STB43WU_PU-UNSPLASH.JPG ? Itok = RKI53SO" Width = "1300" Height = "863" alt = "flowers Burial "Class =" Lazyload Img-Fluid Image-Style-Max-1300x1300 "SRC ="/Sites/Default/Files/Styles/Max_1300x1300/Public/2025-02/Kristin-SNIPPE-6STB43WU_PU-UNSPLASH.JPG ? Itok = CH9PRTO6 " /> DR – UNSPLASH < P >< Strong >From this year, a new tax is invited into the cost of the funeral: that of music. Concluded between the SACEM and the funeral directors, this agreement should bring in between 700,000 and 800,000 euros per year to the copyright management company. Between fees and complex invoicing, the bereaved families must still take out the wallet …
< P > This is what decided The SACEM, which, in partnership with the federations of the funeral directors, now requires a royalty on each piece played during the funeral. This new burden, which can increase the price of funeral by 5 euros, will be added to the invoice of families. This may seem derisory, but it is also symbolic. < P > according to information from < EM > FIGARO , this tax could bring up to 800,000 euros per year to SACEM, a significant gain for the company, part of which will be shared between the publishers and the creators of the Works. < P >The overall cost of this change will either be absorbed by all customers of funeral directors, or billed only to families choosing to broadcast music. In the second case, those who opt for funerals without music will also have to pay an additional small sum. This “meditation tax”, as some people call it, could well make mourning even more difficult … < P > The defenders of this measurement advance the argument that music has an essential place in the ceremony, allowing you to personalize a final tribute. Stéphane Vasseur, director of the SACEM, insists that he “is impossible to declare precisely all the songs broadcast”, taking into account the unforeseen events that can arise at the last minute. For SACEM, there is a question of profitability. < P >< Strong > The article you liked ? It mobilized our editorial staff which only lives from your gifts. < Br > Information has a cost, especially since competition from subsidized writing requires additional rigor and professionalism. < P > With your support, France-Soir will continue to offer its articles free of charge & nbsp; we think that everyone must have access to free and independent information to forge their own opinion. < /p > < P > You are the sine qua non condition for our existence, support us for France-Soir to remain the French media which makes the most legitimate express.
By Natasha Kumar
Natasha Kumar has been a reporter on the news desk since 2018. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining The Times Hub, Natasha Kumar worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my natasha@thetimeshub.in 1-800-268-7116