Statements

The statement is the deliverable.

A statement creators can read at a glance, traverse line by line if they want to, and that an auditor can defend years later. Branded in your colors. Signed at publish. Locked at objection close. Traceable down to the line.

Anatomy

What a statement carries.

Each statement is a self-contained record of one period for one artist for one tenant. Branded in your colors, structured the same way every time, with every figure carrying the trace back to the calculation that produced it.

Apr 2026 · monthly
Maren Aldo
USD10,367.28
Gross sales SRC 17,424.00
Store fee 30 % SRC −5,227.20
Creator share §4.1 × 0.85
Reserve · 30-day refund
released next period if no refunds
$0.00
Net to Maren $10,367.28
SIGNED · STATEMENT V1
SHA-256 b7a4f2e1c93d…2f1c · CR-01847 v3 · published May 1, 09:14:22 UTC
Acknowledge receipt Tap to confirm →
01 · Brand header
Your tenant, their record.
Logo, primary color, statement footer language. The artist sees the brand they earn from, not "CleaRoyalty." Cross-brand artists see one statement per brand, grouped on one login.
02 · Period & recipient
Exactly one period, one artist.
No combined statements, no "Q1 2026 (revised)" wrapped into one document. One statement per period per artist per tenant. Always.
03 · Lines, with the trace
Every line is tap-traceable.
Source-tagged inputs (SRC), clause-tagged multipliers (§4.1, §6, etc.), and computed totals. Tap any line in the portal and the calculation expands with the source data and the contract version that ran.
04 · Reserve & advance state
Carry-forward balances surfaced, not buried.
Reserves currently held, advances currently recouping, expense debt carried in or out: all visible on every statement, with the date the balance is expected to release.
05 · Signed footer
A cryptographic seal at publish.
SHA-256 hash of the statement contents plus the UTC timestamp of publication, plus the contract version the math ran against. Reproducible from the inputs, defensible to anyone who asks.
06 · Acknowledgement
Receipt logged to the second.
When the creator opens and acknowledges the statement, the timestamp lands in the audit log. If they don't open it, that's logged too.
Lifecycle

Every statement follows the same path.

Drafted by the engine, reviewed by you, published with a signature, acknowledged by the creator, open for objection for the contractual window, then locked permanently. Same path for every artist, every period, every tenant. No special cases.

01 · Draft

Assembled

The engine produces a draft from the period's reconciled data and the artist's contract version. Not visible to the creator yet.

internal · admin only
02 · Review

Inspected

You see the draft on the dashboard, with anomalies and recalcs surfaced. Approve all in one click, or open any single statement to inspect the lines and trace.

admin gate
03 · Publish

Signed & sealed

One click publishes every approved statement. SHA-256 hash and UTC timestamp affixed at write time. The statement is now the artist's record.

cryptographic seal
04 · Deliver

To portal & payable

The statement appears in the artist's portal, the branded PDF is downloadable, and a payable record is queued to the connected payout provider for the artist.

portal · payout provider
05 · Acknowledge

Receipt logged

Creator opens the statement and confirms. Timestamp, device, and the lines they tapped land in the audit log. Open through the objection window for any disputes.

audit log entry
06 · Lock

Permanent

Once the contractual objection window closes, the statement locks. No edits, no admin override, no quiet rewrites. Corrections from here happen with a signed audit-package export, not by reaching back into the record.

immutable forever
✓ Same path, every time. No special-case lifecycles for big artists, urgent corrections, or "just this once." The lifecycle is the contract you have with the creator about what they'll receive and when.
Amendments

When a number must change, the original stays.

A published statement is locked the moment it ships, but corrections are still possible while the objection window is open. The original record stays intact. A proposed amendment surfaces with the diff, rides the same review-and-publish path, and ships as its own signed statement. Both versions stay on the artist's record forever, with the relationship explicit. Once the objection window closes, the period is final. Late refunds or adjustments tied to a closed period are recognized in the next open one, never by rewriting the past.

CR-STMT-Apr26-Maren · v1
Maren Aldo · April 2026
Original · authoritative for what was sent
Net to Maren$10,367.28
Reserve$0.00
PublishedMay 1, 09:14:22 UTC
SHA-256 b7a4f2e1c93d…2f1c
CR-STMT-Apr26-Maren · v2 (amendment)
Maren Aldo · April 2026
Amendment · supersedes v1 going forward
Net to Maren$10,151.04
Reserve$0.00
ReasonLate Amex CSV · ad allocation
PublishedMay 6, 14:02:55 UTC
SHA-256 a91c802f68e4…59d3
✓ Both versions ship to the artist. The portal shows the current authoritative number, with the original one click away and the diff explained in plain language. Nothing is hidden, nothing is overwritten.
Formats

One source of truth, every format.

A published statement produces every format the operation needs from the same underlying record. Same data, same trace, same signature. Whatever the audience, the answer is the same.

Branded PDF
.pdf
Print-ready, in your colors and footer language. The format the artist downloads, archives, and forwards to their accountant.
for · the artist
Portal view
html
The interactive statement. Tap any figure to expand the trace: source data, clause cited, contract version that ran. No inbox thread required.
for · the artist
Line-item CSV
.csv
Every line of every statement, with the source tags and clause references attached. Drop into Excel or feed to your accountant's tooling.
for · finance & accounting
JSON bundle
.json
The full record: statement, version history, audit log, signatures, contract version snapshot. Discovery-ready when counsel or an auditor asks.
for · counsel & audit
Payable record
push
A payable lands in your connected payout provider with the statement amount, artist payout details, and a memo linking back to the statement ID.
for · your payout system
Audit-package export
.zip
Statements + signatures + version history + access logs, bundled and signed at export time. The artifact you hand to a regulator without needing to assemble it under deadline.
for · DOL · SOC 2 · counsel

See a statement opened, traced, defended.