# Code licensing stage and payment tracker

Blank owner working aid. Keep filled commercial records private. These are planning stages, not a universal order or a service-level agreement. The current public guidance is supplied in the article; put the actual agreed milestone and date here. Never add stage maxima to invent a forecast.

| Stage                               | Agreed start event | Completion evidence | Responsible party | Owner work still needed | Counterparty wait | Agreed deadline or next follow-up | Actual date/status |
| ----------------------------------- | ------------------ | ------------------- | ----------------- | ----------------------- | ----------------- | --------------------------------- | ------------------ |
| Appraisal                           |                    |                     |                   |                         |                   |                                   |                    |
| Rights/scope/agreement              |                    |                     |                   |                         |                   |                                   |                    |
| Authorized connection and selection |                    |                     |                   |                         |                   |                                   |                    |
| Preparation and scrub               |                    |                     |                   |                         |                   |                                   |                    |
| Lab review/selection                |                    |                     |                   |                         |                   |                                   |                    |
| Applicable license signed           |                    |                     |                   |                         |                   |                                   |                    |
| Delivery received                   |                    |                     |                   |                         |                   |                                   |                    |
| Acceptance/rejection                |                    |                     |                   |                         |                   |                                   |                    |
| Correction/retest if agreed         |                    |                     |                   |                         |                   |                                   |                    |
| Invoiceable event and invoice       |                    |                     |                   |                         |                   |                                   |                    |
| Buyer funds cleared                 |                    |                     |                   |                         |                   |                                   |                    |
| Owner payment received              |                    |                     |                   |                         |                   |                                   |                    |

For advances or installments, add the agreed milestones in their actual order. A receipt, acceptance, invoice and cash transfer are different evidence. If payout depends on buyer funds clearing, make that condition visible beside the expected owner amount.

## Reconcile money to the offer

| Item                              | Contracted/expected | Actual documented amount | Evidence/reference | Open balance or question |
| --------------------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------ | ------------------------ |
| Owner license consideration/share |                     |                          |                    |                          |
| Authorized deductions             |                     |                          |                    |                          |
| Invoice amount and currency       |                     |                          |                    |                          |
| Taxes/withholding                 |                     |                          |                    |                          |
| FX/transfer/bank treatment        |                     |                          |                    |                          |
| Owner cash received               |                     |                          |                    |                          |
| Remaining amount and due event    |                     |                          |                    |                          |

Keep bank and tax identifiers in the agreed secure payment system, not this worksheet. Assign a person and next action to each discrepancy.