SAG Residuals 101 - ABS Payroll & Accounting (2024)

FAQs

How does SAG calculate residuals? ›

Residuals are based on formulas that take into account such things as the contract in place during the specific year, time spent on the production, the production type and the market where the product appears (TV, video/DVD, pay television, basic cable, new media).

Members should expect to receive their residuals within 60 days from the date SAG-AFTRA receives the checks and producers' information. Want to track your residuals? Click here for the Residuals Portal. Have a question about your residual payment?

* Producer shall pay residuals on the Electronic Sell-Thru (EST) market at a rate of 5.4% of 20% of Distributor's Grosses for the first 50,000 units and 9.75% of 20% thereafter. Allocations are for example only and will vary depending on elements such as genre, cast, budget, territories sold, and term length and value.

Residual payments are compensation due to employees in addition to their initial payment for. the continued use of the work performed under a union contract. Residual payments may be. due once a production is sold or licensed for distribution, depending on the original use of the.

As in the case of conductor, the tensions at 0°C (No-wind & full wind Condition), 32"C full wind conditions and 75°C no-wind condition are determined. Sag = [WLA2 / 8TA] where LA = Actual span.

Residual=actual y value−predicted y value,ri=yi−^yi. Residual = actual y value − predicted y value , r i = y i − y i ^ . Having a negative residual means that the predicted value is too high, similarly if you have a positive residual it means that the predicted value was too low.

Residuals are administered by the unions—SAG-AFTRA, the Directors Guild of America (DGA), and the Writers Guild of America (WGA)—for their members, who are paid between one and four months after the air date. According to SAG-AFTRA, it processes around 1.5 million residual checks a year.

Yes, almost all residual income is taxable.

The SAG Low Budget Agreement applies to films with budgets between $700,000 and $2,000,000, making this the SAG pay scale of most independent films. Under this contract, actors must make a SAG day rate of $781 or $2,710 per week. If you're working with some actors who aren't in the guild, don't worry.

Residuals for Deceased Members

In 1977, the Guild negotiated for the member's right to receive residual compensation in perpetuity. As a result, even after your death, you will continue to receive residual compensation if your material is reused.

How do you calculate SAG bond? ›

The SAG bond is usually equal to the amount of the estimated performers' payroll wages for the first two weeks of the production, plus the applicable SAG-AFTRA Pension and Health contributions. Your SAG-AFTRA business representative can provide a more specific deposit amount once you begin the signatory process.

You can sign up for direct deposit via the SAG-AFTRA website, using your website login and password.

For example, when x = 5 we see that 2(5) = 10. This gives us the point along our regression line that has an x coordinate of 5. To calculate the residual at the points x = 5, we subtract the predicted value from our observed value. Since the y coordinate of our data point was 9, this gives a residual of 9 – 10 = -1.

Residuals are a form of royalties, but the key difference is that residuals are union-mandated while royalties are a separate agreement between production companies and those they employ, according to City National Bank.

In accounting, residual value refers to the remaining value of an asset after it has been fully depreciated.

"He makes about $20 million annually in residuals, the entire cast makes that," Lovell shared, "and that will continue for however long the shows continue to replay." As Lovell explained, "Residuals will continue after somebody's death. It's like an obligation that is paid to the actor and will continue to his heirs."

While the exact amount isn't actually known, cast members have revealed that the reruns pay them 6% of their original salaries. If a star made a mere $150,000 per episode across all 20 seasons, that would come in around $200,000 per year in royalties.