varia.website/content/pages/15percent.en.md

Title: 15 percent
Slug: 15percent
lang: en

# What is the 15%?

Varia has a 15% solidarity tariff on all our commissions and invitations. This is a mode of fair practice for our collective infrastructure. Varia is composed of many people, and we as a collective entity want to recognise the different forms of labour that go into Varia, and how we benefit from Varia in different ways.

The 15% share goes into our common fund which is used to maintain Varia's different capacities, such as our rent, bills, machinery care, events, emergencies, and our human joys and needs.

Your contribution to the common fund in our invoices is a way to acknowledge and make collective work possible.

# When does it apply?

The 15% applies to the day rate of Varia on work commissioned to one or more Varia members by an outside entity.

# How is it calculated?

Varia is a registered non-profit association that charges BTW. 

The 15% is calculated before BTW/VAT has been added to the final fee.

Here is an example of how it is calculated, using Varia's day rate:

> Varia works with a day rate of **250 EUR**.
> On top of that, we calculate the 15%, which is in this case **37.50 EUR**.
> In total, this is a day rate of **287.50 EUR**.
> When 21% VAT applies, the final fee is **347.88 EUR** incl. VAT (of which 60.38 EUR is VAT).
> When 9% VAT applies, the final fee is **313.38 EUR** incl. VAT (of which 25.88 EUR is VAT).
> When 0% VAT applies, the final fee is **287.50 EUR**.