Rights-holder friendly payouts
Finding the next big hit is challenging— keeping your global hitmakers happy shouldn't be.
Trolley streamlines workflows in an easy-to-use, end-to-end royalty payouts platform: artist onboarding, identity verification, global payouts, and tax compliance all in one place.
The best in music trust Trolley to handle payouts
We pay over 1.5 million rights holders, send over 150,000 royalty payouts every month, & file more than 200,000 artist tax forms annually.
Trolley automates tasks across the royalty journey, reducing payout times by up to 90%
Collect & verify artist info ensuring compliant onboarding
Communicate updates in 36 languages
Ingest royalties data directly to Trolley and convert them into payments
Send global payouts, define workflows & sync with your ERP
Withhold taxes where needed, generate & e-file end-of-year tax forms
Flag & stop suspicious account activity with built-in risk management
Make onboarding artists & rights holders a breeze
Meet global compliance requirements and collect information in a single streamlined flow. Whether you use Trolley’s white-label portal, API, or embedded widget, it’s easy to collect payee bank and tax information securely.
- Verify payees’ identities
- Collect banking information
- Onboard compliantly with local tax forms
- Rest easy knowing user data is securely stored and encrypted in-flight and at rest
Strengthen relationships with a best-in-class artist management experience
Give transparency to your artists or rights holders with a real-time dashboard and communicate updates with them without lifting a finger.
- Translate communications into 36 languages
- View payments and tax statements from a single dashboard
- Let your brand be at the front and center
- Embed Trolley in your app or website, or share a direct link
Send fast & flexible payments anywhere
In a global, social-led environment, the next big artist may not live in your backyard. Trolley’s payment network spans over 210+ countries & territories, paying out in 135+ currencies—so you can pay deserving artists around the world. Pay via:
- Bank transfers (including virtual accounts)
- PayPal
- Venmo
- Checks
- Wire transfers
Recipients have the freedom to choose the payment methods that works best for them. Remove manual processes, technical hurdles, and make payments often, faster.
Automate tax withholding & IRS compliance
Don’t let ever-changing compliance rules be the friction that limits your growth. Trolley ensures simplified tax compliance without complications.
- Collect all relevant tax info during onboarding and generate signed Forms W-9 and W-8 seamlessly
- Manage withholding exemptions
- Withhold taxes automatically on applicable payments
- Issue tax forms to your musicians at the end of the year
- E-file directly to the IRS
Manage royalty workflows in one powerful platform
Reduce payout cycles by up to three weeks by consolidating your workflows across teams. Integrate our all-in-one solution to pay artists globally and manage tax compliance, all while taking manual work and risk out of your processes. Trolley offers:
Trust & bank-level security baked in at every step
Sleep easy knowing we’re following the highest global standards for managing customer funds and data.
A dev-friendly platform to build advanced royalty tools on
Trolley scales with your business and lets you build a payout experience tailored to your artists.
- REST API + SDK in multiple programming languages
- Pick and choose what you want, when you want
- Free-forever sandbox environment
- Trigger automatic payouts defined by your rules
- Maintain up-to-date payout data across all your systems
- Build self-serve capabilities for your users
- Set up and automate workflows
Empower your partners & business managers with the tools and access they need
Aggregate payout systems across all your businesses, partners, agencies, and managers within one platform. Leverage your scale to reduce costs or even earn additional revenues.
- Simplify flow of funds from an administrative perspective
- Create and manage sub-merchant accounts with ease
- Aggregate and automate reporting into one dashboard
- Get high-volume discounts by aggregating payouts
- Unlock new revenue streams by creating additional services for your artists or share payment transfer costs as per your business model
All Gain, No Pain:
Music Distribution Platform Soundrop Gets Tax Compliant With Trolley
Getting songs onto platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, and TikTok is difficult for independent artists to do by themselves. Working with a distributor makes this much easier, but not all digital distributors are created equal—they can leave artists on the hook with subscription payments or paying fees to receive their hard-earned royalties.
Try the platform that pays over 1.5 million musicians worldwide
Learn why the industry’s best trust Trolley.
FAQ’s
- First, you’ll need to activate your Trolley account.
- Once your account is active, add funds to your account.
- Lastly, import recipient and payment details or just enter your recipients’ email addresses and let them provide their own details.
The taxation of royalty payments can vary depending on several factors, including the type of royalty income, the jurisdiction, and any relevant tax treaties.
Here’s a general overview:
- Income tax: Royalty income is often considered ordinary income and is subject to income tax at the applicable tax rate.
- Withholding tax: Some jurisdictions impose withholding tax on royalty payments made to non-residents. The withholding rate can vary depending on tax treaties between countries.
- Capital gains tax: If your artist sells the rights to an intellectual property and realizes a capital gain, the gain may be subject to capital gains tax instead of ordinary income tax. The tax treatment of capital gains can be different from ordinary income tax rates.
