Create a Payment Summary in the Writer Portal

Available in the Writer Portal: APRA and AMCOS Payment Summary documents.

This document can be used for tax purposes or for other business requirements.

You can create summaries based on the AU and/or NZ financial year, or for a set date range.

Create a range of Payment Summary documents for your APRA and AMCOS earnings when you log in to the Writer Portal.

These documents can be uses for tax purposes or to generate a summary for a specific period of time.

For AMCOS members, view your mechanical royalties collected and paid by AMCOS from the Royalties page. Remittance Advice, Tax Invoices, and Royalty Statements (in XLS or PDF format) can also be downloaded from the same page. A version of this feature can also be accessed via the App.

If your manager or bookkeeper is a Secondary user with Financial permission, they're also able to generate a Payment Summary on your behalf.

How to create your Payment Summary:

• Log in to the Writer Portal, using the email address you receive correspondence from; create a password if you haven't logged in before
• Go to the Royalties tab, click on Payment Summary
• Select your Tax Residence from the available option to ensure correct currency
• Select Company: APRA or AMCOS
• Select your relevant period: for tax residents of Australia or New Zealand, Last Financial Year will set the date range for the respective country
• Or, select For a Specific Period to set your date range
• Click Submit and a PDF will be generated to download

Please note:

• Available for APRA payments dates November 2017 onwards, and from February 2023 for AMCOS payments
• Supported web browsers include recent versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge, but not Internet Explorer 11
• AMCOS earnings are available to view with payments in the app.

If you're earning overseas and have questions about withholding tax, we've got some handy info from our CFO on the topic.