What should a Voice-Over Services Agreement include under Thai law?

1. Definitions and Interpretation
2. Engagement
3. Script and Session
4. Revisions and Pick-ups
5. Delivery and Acceptance
6. Fees and Payment
7. Taxes
8. Rights in the Recordings
9. Synthetic Voice
10. Exclusivity
11. Confidentiality and Personal Data
12. Warranties and Liability
13. Cancellation and Termination
14. Notices
15. Governing Law and Disputes
16. General

• A voice-over engagement is generally treated as a hire of work (Instrument 4 of the Stamp Duty Schedule). Duty is 1 THB for every 1,000 THB or part of 1,000 THB of the fees. On the Fee you entered, the duty on the original is the amount the system calculates from the figures entered, and each counterpart carries the amount the system calculates from the figures entered.Because the Fee is in …, convert it to Thai Baht at the exchange rate on the date of signing and calculate the duty on the Baht amount.
• The Artist pays the duty (Clause 7.3). For electronic signing, use the Revenue Department's e-Stamp Duty system within 15 days after signing.

• A Thai company that pays a voice artist in Thailand withholds tax and issues a certificate (Clause 7.2). For advertising voice work the Revenue Department may treat the Artist as a public entertainer, which carries a different withholding rate from an ordinary hire of work. Ask an accountant which rate applies before the first payment.
• A foreign Client paying from abroad does not withhold Thai tax, but the Artist must declare the income in Thailand.

• The Client may use the Finished Recordings in …, in …, for … months (Clause 1.1). Put the end date in your calendar. Using the recording after that date, or in other media, needs a new written licence and fee (Clause 6.5).- The Client has a permanent licence to use the Finished Recordings in …, in … (Clause 1.1). Other media still need a new licence (Clause 6.5).
• The licence starts only when the Fee is paid (Clause 6.4).

• The Client may not use any recording of the Artist to train AI, clone the voice or generate new speech (Clause 9.1). If you see your voice used this way, keep screenshots and links, send a written notice under Clause 9.3, and consider urgent relief from a court (Clause 15.4).- The Artist has licensed a synthetic voice only for: … (Clause 9.1). The Client must send every new script for approval, keep the voice model secure, label synthetic audio where required and delete the model within 30 days after the licence ends. The Artist may withdraw the licence for future generation on 30 days' notice. Ask the Client for written confirmation of deletion at the end.
• The Client may not splice recordings so the Artist appears to say words the Artist did not record (Clause 8.2).

• Record in a treated space and keep your raw session files until the Client accepts the Finished Recordings.- Confirm the studio time and parking in writing two days before the Session.
• Keep the pronunciation guide: lines misread against it are re-recorded free (Clause 4.2), but Script changes after the Session are paid Pick-ups (Clause 4.3).

• Keep the signed PDF, the final Script, the session notes, delivery emails, invoices and transfer slips. A Thai court works in Thai, so English documents need a certified Thai translation in a dispute.

Compiled from the notes that accompany the English contract templates on this site, published by Phuwara Krobtaku (ภูวรา ครอบตะคุ), Thai attorney-at-law, licence no. 477/2558. The short answer and summary at the top of this page are put together by the site from the template's clause headings and notes. Statutes are quoted only in the official Thai text: Thai is the only official language of Thai legislation, and an unofficial translation can mislead. Article registry OKC-B0FBBB. If you reuse this content, please credit the author and link to the original.