Reporting your CD Baby income

*A note regarding CD Baby Pro Publishing

CD Baby complies with the tax laws of the United States. We cannot advise you on your personal tax obligations. Please consult a local tax professional. 

CD Baby clients will be issued a 1099 or 1042-S form if they have received a payment in the previous year and submitted their tax information. The reported amounts are based on earnings paid during the year, not earned for the year. 

To update your payment information and/or tax forms, click here. 

In order to file your taxes, you can download your payment history for various types of sales. Click on each link to take you to that section or scroll through. 

CD Baby Retail Store Earnings (Physical and Digital) 

Digital Distribution Revenue

Royalty Revenue

Licensing Royalties

Downloadable Spreadsheet

CD BABY STORE EARNINGS

Physical Sales earnings for a year:

1. From your account Dashboard click on "Sales and Reports" 
2. Click on Sales and Accounting 
3. From the left-hand side menu, click CD Baby Sales (CDs)
4. Click on Filter Your Sales
5. Check the "View Data From" box
6. Enter a start date of Jan 01, (YEAR)- end date Dec 31, (YEAR)*
7. Click GO and you'll see your total CD & Digital sales from your CD Baby retail page 

Digital Partner earnings for the year:

1. From your account Dashboard click on "Sales and Reports" 
2. Click on Sales and Accounting 
3. From the left-hand side menu, click CD Baby Sales (Digital)
4. Click on Filter Your Sales
5. Check the "View Data From" box
6. Enter a start date of Jan 01, (YEAR)- end date Dec 31, (YEAR)*
7. Click GO and you'll see your total CD & Digital sales from your CD Baby retail page 

DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION REVENUE

This option will show you the total revenue for your digital distribution sales. 

1. From your account Dashboard click on "Sales and Reports" 
2. Click on Sales and Accounting 
3. From the left-hand side menu, click on DD Sales by Partner 
4. Click on Filter Your Sales
5. Check the "View Data From" box
6. Enter a start date of Jan 01, (YEAR)- end date Dec 31, (YEAR)
7. Click GO and you'll see your total digital partner sales for that date range

PRO PUBLISHING ROYALTY REVENUE

1. Log into your account
2. Click Sales and Reports
3. Click on Sales and Accounting 
4. Below the DOWNLOADS header on the left click on "Pro Publishing Royalty Reports"
5. Choose which quarter you need results for from the drop-down menu
6. Click on DOWNLOAD
7. This will generate a .txt file you can save to your computer and open in any spreadsheet program 

LICENSING ROYALTIES

In this section, you will find income from any sync licensing opportunities or content ID matches from the social video monetization program. 

1. From your account Dashboard click on "Sales and Reports" 
2. Click on Sales and Accounting 
3. From the left-hand side menu, click on Licensing Royalties (by Partner or by Artist)
4. Click on Filter Your Sales
5. Check the "View Data From" box
6. Enter a start date of Jan 01, (YEAR)- end date Dec 31, (YEAR)
7. Click GO and you'll see your total digital partner sales for that date range

DOWNLOADABLE SPREADSHEETS

You can receive a downloadable spreadsheet for any of the reports (and then some) listed above. To do so, follow the instructions below. 

1. From your account Dashboard click on "Sales and Reports" 
2. Click on Sales and Accounting 
3. Scroll down to the DOWNLOADS header on the left menu
4. Click on Yearly Sales Reports (for the year, but you can choose a different option.)
5. Here you can get a summary of either: Digital Distribution Sales, CD Baby Sales, Licensing and Royalties or All Account Transactions
6. Choose the year of the report from the drop-down
7. Click on Download to the right of the report
8. The system will then compile the data into a .txt file, and email you when it's ready to be downloaded from inside your account.
9. You can then copy and paste the data from the .txt file into any spreadsheet program and sort it however you like. (Excel will auto-format the information into the columns)

Please note: CD Baby's Sales and Accounting data from our digital partners includes transactions from July 11, 2009 to present. Transactions prior to this date are no longer available in your account or in downloadable Lifetime Sales Reports.

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The CD Baby Pro Publishing service was discontinued as of August 8th, 2023. Any paid release which was signed up for CD Baby Pro Publishing prior to August 8th, 2023 is considered a Legacy Pro release and will continue to receive Pro Publishing services. CD Baby now offers a new expanded suite of revenue amplifiers called “CDB Boost” instead.