Information for Pearson royalty recipients
Pearson’s royalty recipients are a valued part of our business. Generally, those receiving royalty payments include our esteemed authors, designated royalty payees, and the proprietors of our works who own the right, title & interest to the work itself. Whether you’re an existing payee or interested in starting to work with us, this site should be a useful resource.
A guide to your new royalty statement
Pearson has recently introduced a new royalty accounting system to help us manage royalty processing more efficiently. As a part of the new system, your royalty statement has a new format. This guide has been created to help you understand the information as it is displayed in your new statement.
Reducing the number of statements that are sent by mail is now more important than ever. Driven by our sustainable values, Pearson will be moving more rapidly to make the switch to electronic statement delivery. Please make sure that we have an up-to-date email on file so that we can alert you when new statements are available for viewing.
Introducing the Pearson Royalty Portal
The Pearson Royalty Portal is a convenient and secure website providing direct online access to royalty statements and payments. The site offers members a range of simple services:
- Online storage of royalty statements with the option to 'go paperless'.
- Electronic notifications when statements become available.
- Quick access to payment information, alongside a view of the statements.
- A simple way to inform the royalty department of a mailing address change.
Learn how to register and navigate the portal (PDF | 1.52 MB)
Portal FAQ
Pearson royalty payments basics
Royalty payments can be deposited directly to a checking or savings account, which provides quick access to royalty payments without the hassles of waiting for checks to arrive, cashing them or misplacing them.
If you are a new payee and are not yet on file with Pearson, you will need to fill out the relevant forms for the geography with which you are doing business. Please do your best to provide all required information, so as to avoid any unnecessary payment delays for future royalties:
Royalty information, address and banking detail
Assignment of royalty payments
If you would like future royalty payments issued directly to heirs, a trust or an estate tax identification number that differs from your own, Pearson will need to process an assignment of rights on the account. A request for an assignment must be made through our support page. Please include contact information (email / telephone number) for each assignee, as documents will be issued to them to complete. If there are multiple heirs, please select one person to be the main point of contact. Our royalty team will refer the information to our legal team for any assignment of rights issues.
Royalty income & tax reporting
For new US payees, once your record is created, the system will send you an email containing a link to update your tax forms online. The web questionnaire will guide you through a series of questions to identify the tax form most appropriate for you.
Pearson will report all of your royalty income to the IRS each year, which is inclusive of payments made directly to you as well as any payments for permissions fees, indexing, manuscript preparation, photo research, etc. that are paid to a third party and recoupable against your royalty earnings. You will receive a 1099 or 1042 each January stating the amount of royalty income you earned in the previous calendar year.
Legal name changes
If you have a legal name change, Pearson must make the required updates to your payment & tax details. A request for a legal name change must be made through our support page. Please include relevant documentation to support the change. Our royalty team will refer the information to our Legal team for any change of name issues.
Contact the Pearson royalty department
For any of your support needs, please contact us at:
https://support.pearson.com/getsupport/s/royalties