Sales - Royalties

Shows every store in your brand on one report: how each store's royalty sales are worked out, and exactly what each royalty costs each store, excluding VAT, VAT and including VAT.

Updated Fri 16 Oct 2026

Running the report

Open Reports in the brand portal and choose Royalties under Sales.

Choose the period you want to declare (see below). The newest completed period is already selected, so most of the time you can simply run it.

Run the report. Every store in the brand appears, in alphabetical order. A store that was disabled is still included if it traded during the period.

TipThe report is designed to be run for many stores at once. Each store is kept together on one page, so you can print or save it as a PDF and hand each page to the store or to whoever invoices the royalties.

Report options

Select your period

There is only one option to set: Select your period. There is no separate year to choose, because the year is part of every period in the list.

If your brand charges royalties monthly

September 2026

August 2026

July 2026

… back 24 months

If your brand charges royalties weekly

#41: Mon 05 Oct 2026 to Sun 11 Oct 2026

#40: Mon 28 Sep 2026 to Sun 04 Oct 2026

#39: Mon 21 Sep 2026 to Sun 27 Sep 2026

… back 24 months

Weeks run Monday to Sunday and are numbered using the international (ISO) standard. Week 1 of a year is the week that contains the first Thursday of January, so week 1 can start in late December.

Why can't I see the current month or week?Only completed periods are listed. A period appears once every store in the brand has closed trade for its last day. This prevents a royalty declaration being made while stores are still trading, which would under-declare royalties.

Whether your brand is monthly or weekly is a brand setting. Ask your administrator if it needs to change.

The report at a glance

Bob's Burgers

Royalties report

For September 2026

The date line is the period you chose. Weekly brands see, for example, For week 41: Mon 05 Oct 2026 to Sun 11 Oct 2026. Each store's period runs from its own close of trade time on the first day to its close of trade time after the last day.

From top to bottom the report contains:

Sales channel commission summary: only shown in certain cases (see the next section).
Brand summary by royalty: one line per royalty across all stores.
Royalties per store: every store, its sales calculation and its royalties.
Brand total: the totals for the whole brand.

Sales channel commissions summary

Delivery platforms such as Uber Eats and Mr D charge your stores a commission on every order. If your brand has chosen to deduct sales channel commissions from royalty sales, royalties are not charged on the commission the store paid to the platform.

Sales channel name	Sales channel commission percentage
Mr D	27.5% of net sales (incl)
Uber Eats	30% of net sales (incl)

This table lists the sales channels whose commission was deducted. It only appears when all three of these are true:

the sales channel has a commission percentage set up,
at least one store sold through that channel during the period, and
your brand is set to deduct sales channel commissions from royalty sales.

If any of these is not true, the table is simply not shown.

Brand summary by royalty

Your brand may charge more than one royalty, for example a Management royalty invoiced by the operations company and a Marketing royalty invoiced by the marketing company. This summary totals each royalty across all stores so each company knows exactly what to invoice.

Royalty		Stores charged	Royalty sales (excl VAT)	Royalties (excl VAT)	VAT	Royalties (incl VAT)
Management		97	41 286 410	2 271 437.84	340 715.68	2 612 153.52
Marketing	rate changed or prorated during the month at 2 stores	98	41 690 118	1 316 842.71	197 526.41	1 514 369.12
All royalties (100 stores, 2 not charged):				3 588 280.55	538 242.09	4 126 522.64

Stores charged: How many stores paid this royalty in the period.
rate changed or prorated …: A reminder that at some stores this royalty's percentage changed during the period, or only applied for part of it. The store lines below show the details.
All royalties (… not charged): Stores that are not linked to any royalty are counted as "not charged".

Royalties per store

Each store has a grey store line, followed by one line for each royalty that applies to it. Column headings repeat at the top of every page.

Store (StoreID) Royalty	Gross sales (incl VAT)	−Discounts (incl VAT)	+Delivery (incl VAT)	=Turnover (incl VAT)	−VAT	−Non-royalty sales	−Less sales channel commissions (excl VAT)	=Royalty sales (excl VAT)	Royalties (excl VAT)	VAT	Royalties payable (incl VAT)
Bob's Burgers Times Square (1001) 1	612 408	18 220	9 140	603 328	78 695	4 210	2 118	518 305	44 147.46	6 622.12	50 769.58
Management 6% of R 518 305.12, whole month 2									31 098.31	4 664.75	35 763.06
Marketing rate changed during the month, on royalty sales of R 518 305.12									13 049.15	1 957.37	15 006.52
2% from Tue 01 Sep to Tue 15 Sep 2026, on R 250 000.00 = R 5 000.00 excl VAT 3
3% from Wed 16 Sep to Wed 30 Sep 2026, on R 268 305.12 = R 8 049.15 excl VAT

1 The store line: from sales to royalty sales

Read the store line from left to right. The blue signs above the headings show how each figure leads to the next:

Gross sales − Discounts + Delivery charges = Turnover (incl VAT)
− VAT − Non-royalty sales − Sales channel commissions* = Royalty sales (excl VAT)

* Only shown, and only deducted, when your brand is set to deduct sales channel commissions from royalty sales.

The three columns on the right are the store's total royalties: excluding VAT, the VAT, and the total payable including VAT (highlighted in green).

Rounded sales figuresSales figures are rounded to the rand to save space. Hover over a figure in the report viewer to see the exact amount. Royalty amounts always show cents.

2 One line per royalty

Under the store line, each royalty is listed with its percentage, the royalty sales it was charged on, and its own amount excluding VAT, VAT and including VAT. Add these lines together and you get the store's totals on the store line, to the cent.

3 When a percentage changed during the period

If a royalty's percentage changed during the period (for example from 2% to 3% on the 16th), the royalty line says rate changed during the month and a small grey line appears for each rate, showing the dates it applied, the sales in those dates and the amount charged. Each rate is only charged on the sales made while it was in force. If the rate did not change, these grey lines do not appear.

Other things you may see

No sales channel commissions column: If your brand is not set to deduct sales channel commissions, the column (its heading, the − sign above it and every figure in it) is not shown at all. Nothing is deducted and royalties are charged on the full sales. The column's space is simply left blank.
disabled, traded this period: The store has since been disabled, but it traded during the period so it is still included.
no sales this period: The store had no sales in the period.
No royalty applies (in red): The store is not linked to any royalty for this period, so nothing is charged. Check the royalty setup if this is unexpected.
… from Wed 09 Sep to Wed 30 Sep 2026 only: The royalty only started (or ended) part way through the period, so it is only charged on the sales made while it applied.

Brand total

The grey bar at the end adds up every store: all the sales figures and the brand's total royalties excluding VAT, VAT and including VAT. These royalty totals match the total line of the brand summary at the top.

Frequently asked questions

Why is each store measured over its own trading period?

Stores can set a close of trade time after midnight. Sales made after midnight but before the close of trade belong to the previous trading day, so each store's month (or week) starts and ends at its own close of trade time.

Does the sales channel commission match the Sales Channel Commissions report?

Yes. It is calculated in exactly the same way: each order's net sales (including VAT) multiplied by the channel's commission percentage. The commission figure itself excludes VAT. Run the Sales Channel Commissions report for the same store and dates and the total will match.

How is VAT on royalties worked out?

VAT is calculated on each royalty's total for the store, using your brand's VAT rate for the period. The store and brand totals add up these lines, so every total matches the lines above it to the cent.

A royalty changed at midnight. Which rate applies to a late-night sale?

Rate changes take effect at the store's local time. A sale made before the new rate's start time is charged at the old rate.

Why does a store's own Royalty report differ by a cent?

The brand report rounds each royalty's total before adding VAT; the store report works per rate line. On rare occasions this can make a one cent difference in the VAT.

Glossary

Royalty sales: The sales a royalty percentage is charged on: turnover excluding VAT, less non-royalty sales, less sales channel commissions (if your brand deducts them).
Non-royalty sales: Sales of menu items marked as royalty exempt in the menu setup.
Sales channel commission: The fee a delivery platform such as Uber Eats or Mr D charges the store on each order.
Royalty: A fee the store pays the franchisor, set as a percentage of royalty sales. A brand can have several royalties, each invoiced by a different company.
Close of trade time: The time a store's trading day ends. Sales after midnight but before this time count towards the previous day.