Music royalty statement audits

9 in 10music royalty statements contain errors.*

Is yours one of them?

Check yours freeSee how it works

Every row checked in minutes, from $19. Audit firms charge $4,000 or more for a desk audit.†

Your statements stay private. Encrypted, never sold, never used to train AI. How we protect them

Sample report. Figures are illustrative.

Reads statements from

  • ASCAP
  • BMI
  • Warner
  • Virgin
  • SoundExchange
  • Curve
  • DistroKid
  • and more

Results

Our clients have recovered moneyfrom ASCAP and record labels.

  • Recovered

    ASCAP paid back an underpayment Inverse found.

    $664.77 refunded

    Songwriter catalog · 29 statements · 7 years

    See the anonymized report
  • Recovered

    A label credited back underpaid royalties after Inverse flagged them.

    Artist royalty account

  • Found

    Unsupported deductions found and raised with the publisher.

    Publishing administration statement · 18,571 lines

Every finding is proven line by line before we report it. Client outcomes are shared without names. Results vary by statement.

See what a full report looks like

$4,038,925

in music royalties examined in September 2026

Used by management firms and artists behind multi-platinum records.

How it works

Three steps. No spreadsheets.

  1. 01

    Upload a statement

    Any payor, any size. Distributor, label, publisher or PRO, including statements that run back years. The engine reads the format, not the other way around.

  2. 02

    Every row is checked

    The engine re-derives what each line should have paid: rates, deductions, reversals, negative entries and income that never showed up. Not a sample. Every row.

  3. 03

    Get the questions to send

    A ready-to-send list of what doesn't add up, each finding with the exact rows behind it and the wording to send to your payor.

Add your contractAdding your contract unlocks the most discoveries: it lets the engine check rates, recoupment, reserves and payment windows, instead of rows compared only with themselves. What it can prove, it reports with the rows behind it. What it can't, it holds back instead of guessing.

What it catches

Six ways a statementlies without lying.

Leak / 01

Deductions you never agreed to

Fees and deductions taken line by line, including ones your contract doesn't allow.

Leak / 02

Money taken back

Negative entries and chargebacks with no plays or deal term behind them.

Leak / 03

Rates paid short

Lines paid below your contract rate, or below the statement's own rate.

Leak / 04

Recoupment that doesn't add up

Advances and costs recouped against income your deal excludes, or past the balance owed.

Leak / 05

Shares split wrong

Your writer, publisher or registered share paid at less than you own.

Leak / 06

Income that never arrived

Works earning nothing, missing periods, and balances that never carried forward.

Why it changes the math

Audit firms charge thousands.Inverse starts at $19.

An audit firm$4,000+†Weeks to monthsWhat accountants charge for a desk audit · checks a sample
Their fee: $4,000 to $8,000+
Inverse$19MinutesChecks every row · first check free
Our price: from $19

200×Over 200 times less than the lowest fee an audit firm charges for a desk audit, and minutes instead of weeks. Inverse reads every row instead of a sample.

The clock is running

101 days until ASCAP closes claims on last year's royalties.

ASCAP writers have until January 31. BMI gives nine months from each payment. Miss it and the error stays in their favor.

Check a statement before it locks

Free. No account needed.

Example: quarterly BMI payments

Every quarter, another statement locks for good.

  • Paid Q4 2024Locked
  • Paid Q1 2025Locked
  • Paid Q2 2025Locked
  • Paid Q3 2025Locked
  • Paid Q4 2025Locked
  • Paid Q1 2026Locks in 10 weeks
  • Paid Q2 2026Open · 5 mo
  • Paid Q3 2026Open · 8 mo

Illustration. Your statements show your real dates.

ASCAP 9 monthsBMI 9 monthsLabel and publishing often 1 to 3 years

Security and privacy

Your statements are private. We treat them that way.

You are trusting us with your contracts and your money. Here is exactly how we protect them, in plain language.

Read our security policy
  • Encrypted. TLS in transit, AES at rest.
  • Yours alone. Row-level security means no other customer can ever see your statements.
  • Never sold, never used to train AI. Model calls run under terms that exclude your data from training.
  • Your control. Export or delete everything from your account any time. A DPA is available on request.
  • Audited infrastructure. Hosted on SOC 2 Type II audited cloud infrastructure.

Team

Built by people who've earned, managed and collected royalties on billions of streams.

We know what a statement can hide, because we have been paid on them. Your first check is free, then from $19 per statement, shown before you pay.

Meet the team

Questions

Good to know.

What statements can I upload?

Statements from distributors, labels, publishers, PROs and neighboring rights societies, including ASCAP, BMI, Warner, Virgin, SoundExchange, Curve and DistroKid.

Do I need my contract?

No. A statement on its own is enough to flag negative entries, plays with no earnings and rates below the statement's own average. Add your contract and every row is also checked against your deal.

Is my data safe?

Your statements are hosted on SOC 2 Type II audited infrastructure, encrypted with TLS in transit and AES at rest, protected by row-level security per account, and never used to train third-party models.

Isn't this what registration tools do?

No. Registration and collection tools find songs missing from PROs, The MLC and SoundExchange and claim money that was never collected. Inverse checks the statements you were already paid on, row by row, against the statement itself and your contract. Your songs can be perfectly registered and still be underpaid.

Is this legal or accounting advice?

No. Inverse produces a factual reconciliation of your statement: what doesn't add up, and the questions to ask. Speak with your attorney or accountant before acting on it.

What does it cost?

Your first statement check is free. After that you pay once per report, priced by statement size and shown before you pay, with no subscription. Management companies can choose a monthly roster plan instead. See pricing for the details.

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