[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":175},["ShallowReactive",2],{"templates-en-artist-settlement":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"cta":144,"description":152,"downloads":153,"extension":159,"eyebrow":160,"heading":161,"highlight":162,"meta":163,"navigation":164,"path":165,"preview":166,"seo":171,"stem":172,"updated":173,"__hash__":174},"templates_en\u002Ftemplates\u002Fartist-settlement.md","Free artist settlement sheet (Excel template)",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":136},"minimark",[9,13,16,21,62,65,69,96,100,120,124,127],[10,11,12],"p",{},"The settlement is the ten minutes after the show when the promoter and the tour manager sit down with the box office report and agree what the artist is owed. On a flat fee it's a formality. On a guarantee-versus-percentage deal it's arithmetic done late at night, often by hand, and a mistake in either direction is money one side won't see again.",[10,14,15],{},"This sheet does that arithmetic. It's free, with no email and no sign-up.",[17,18,20],"h2",{"id":19},"whats-in-the-sheet","What's in the sheet",[22,23,24,32,38,44,50,56],"ul",{},[25,26,27,31],"li",{},[28,29,30],"strong",{},"The deal."," The guarantee, the artist's percentage of the net after costs, and any deposit already paid.",[25,33,34,37],{},[28,35,36],{},"Box office by ticket type."," Tickets sold times price, with a guest list line at zero so comps are counted but not paid for.",[25,39,40,43],{},[28,41,42],{},"From gross to net."," The VAT included in ticket prices and the ticketing commission come off first. Both rates are cells you set, because ticket VAT differs from country to country.",[25,45,46,49],{},[28,47,48],{},"Agreed show costs."," Venue, sound and lighting, security, local crew, marketing, hospitality, insurance and performing rights. Only costs in the contract belong here.",[25,51,52,55],{},[28,53,54],{},"The settlement."," The net after costs, the artist's percentage of it, the guarantee, and the fee, which is whichever of the two is higher. Take off the deposit and you have the balance due tonight. The promoter's result is shown too.",[25,57,58,61],{},[28,59,60],{},"Signature lines"," for both sides.",[10,63,64],{},"The figures describe a 1,200-capacity club show with an €8,000 guarantee against 80% of the net after costs. The percentage comes to €10,521.46, so it beats the guarantee, and with €4,000 already paid as a deposit, €6,521.46 is due on the night. The numbers show how the sheet behaves; they aren't benchmarks.",[17,66,68],{"id":67},"how-to-use-it","How to use it",[70,71,72,78,84,90],"ol",{},[25,73,74,77],{},[28,75,76],{},"Fill in the deal before the show."," Copy the terms from the contract and nothing else. A cost that isn't in the contract isn't a deduction.",[25,79,80,83],{},[28,81,82],{},"Enter the box office on the night."," Take the sold counts per ticket type from the ticketing report, and check the VAT rate and commission against your provider's statement.",[25,85,86,89],{},[28,87,88],{},"Have a receipt for every cost."," The tour manager is entitled to see them, and a settlement goes faster when each line already has one.",[25,91,92,95],{},[28,93,94],{},"Both sides sign."," Print it or send the file, and keep one copy per show.",[17,97,99],{"id":98},"where-settlements-go-wrong","Where settlements go wrong",[22,101,102,108,114],{},[25,103,104,107],{},[28,105,106],{},"The percentage of the wrong number."," The deal says net after costs. Paying the percentage on gross, or on the box office before costs, overpays the artist; leaving out costs the contract allows underpays the promoter. The sheet keeps each step on its own line so both sides can see which number the percentage applies to.",[25,109,110,113],{},[28,111,112],{},"Costs nobody agreed."," A late marketing push or an extra stagehand can be real costs and still not be deductible. If it isn't in the contract, it stays off the sheet.",[25,115,116,119],{},[28,117,118],{},"VAT counted as money."," Ticket prices include VAT. Neither side keeps it, so it comes off before anything is shared.",[17,121,123],{"id":122},"when-one-sheet-becomes-a-season","When one sheet becomes a season",[10,125,126],{},"One settlement per show works. Across a tour or a season the questions change: what each show made, which costs keep running over, what is still owed to whom. In Cashbox, ticket revenue and show costs land on the event as they happen, so the figures for a settlement are already there, and every show's P&L sits next to the others.",[10,128,129,130,135],{},"Planning the show before it happens? Our free ",[131,132,134],"a",{"href":133},"\u002Ftemplates\u002Ffestival-budget","festival budget template"," covers the budget side.",{"title":137,"searchDepth":138,"depth":138,"links":139},"",2,[140,141,142,143],{"id":19,"depth":138,"text":20},{"id":67,"depth":138,"text":68},{"id":98,"depth":138,"text":99},{"id":122,"depth":138,"text":123},{"eyebrow":145,"title":146,"subtitle":147,"points":148},"After the show","Have the numbers ready before the tour manager asks.","In Cashbox, ticket revenue and show costs land on the event as they happen, with receipts attached, so the figures for the settlement are already there.",[149,150,151],"15-day free trial","No card required","Per-event P&L on every plan","A free show settlement template: box office, VAT, ticketing fees, agreed costs, and the guarantee-versus-percentage split worked out for you. No sign-up.",[154],{"file":155,"format":156,"label":157,"note":158},"artist-settlement-template.xlsx","xlsx","Download the spreadsheet","Excel, Google Sheets, Numbers","md","Free template","An artist settlement sheet that works out the versus deal","the versus deal",{},true,"\u002Ftemplates\u002Fartist-settlement",{"file":167,"alt":168,"width":169,"height":170},"artist-settlement-preview-en.svg","The settlement sheet: tickets sold by type, VAT and commission taken off the gross, show costs, the artist's percentage against the guarantee, and the balance due.",960,590,{"title":5,"description":152},"templates\u002Fartist-settlement","2026-09-24","KreyCzU7YtuFXzOG94NmQGvXAhw-vCjIxRSfViqAYvQ",1790241163073]