Who is responsible for withholding when the venue is paid a rental fee and the booking agent/promoter pays the entertainer?
The purpose of the new law is to make the resident party making payment to the nonresident entertainer responsible for the withholding. Therefore, the venue must collect and remit the 2% withholding on the total compensation when the agent/promoter is a nonresident. Two percent (2%) must be withheld from the agent/promoter’s compensation as well. If the booking agent/promoter is a Missouri resident, the withholding can be done and remitted to the department by the resident agent or promoter. The venue must submit a list to the department of any resident agent/promoter renting its facility for a performance. (Include entertainer’s name.) The listing must be sent quarterly to the Missouri Department of Revenue, Nexus Section, P.O. Box 295, Jefferson City, Missouri 65105-0295.
