Among other tools and guides, The Artists Information Company has a variety of excellent resources, and has a special page dedicated to 'fees and payments'. The page extends applications of the Code of Practice by demonstrating good practice in valuing and paying artists. It includes advocacy, advisory and practical resources published with Arts Council England support that professionalise working arrangements between artists and employers, and provide learning material for higher education and training providers.
Resources include:

• The artist's fees toolkit This toolkit takes artists step-by-step through a process to calculate an individual daily rate and prepare quotes [December 2004]
• Artists’ rates of pay 1989-2004 [January 2005]
• Fees and payments for artists research report [August 2004]
• Good practice in paying artists a-n’s Code of Practice for the Visual Arts [March 2005. Updated for 2006/07 December 05.]
• Establishing a Charge Rate for a Working Artist Financial expert Richard Murphy’s practical framework to demonstrate how visual artists can take responsibility for their working arrangements and establish, and make a case for, their charges and fees. There is also an interactive version of this publication [October 2006]. (subscription required)
• Good practice in paying artists: Aimed at public sector arts employers, commissioners, consultants and arts trainers, addresses the context fo fees and payments for artists’ residencies, workshops and community commissions. [October 2006] (subscription required)

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