---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 778.225"
title: "29"
number: "778.225"
heading: "Talent fees excludable under regulations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/778.225"
---

# §778.225. Talent fees excludable under regulations.


[Section 7(e)(3)](/cfr/29/7.md?p=e-3) provides for the exclusion from the regular rate of “talent fees (as such talent fees are defined and delimited by regulations of the Secretary) paid to performers, including announcers, on radio and television programs.” Regulations defining “talent fees” have been issued as [part 550](/cfr/29/part550.md) of this chapter. Payments which accord with this definition are excluded from the regular rate.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 52 Stat. 1060, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq. Section 778.200 also issued under Pub. L. 106-202, 114 Stat. 308 (29 U.S.C. 207(e) and (h)).

### Source

Source: 33 FR 986, Jan. 26, 1968, unless otherwise noted.