Use case · Commission disputes
Resolve commission disputes with portable calculation evidence.
When a salesperson questions a commission, the argument is rarely about honesty — it is about which formula, which inputs, and which version produced the number. A verifiable receipt answers that in one file, in US dollars, tier by tier.
The incident
A salesperson disputes a quarterly commission. The company has a spreadsheet, a screenshot and a policy document — but it cannot prove which formula version produced the number, or exactly how the tiers and the settlement adjustment were applied.
This is a realistic pattern, not a specific customer. The cost is not the payout — it is the hours spent reconstructing a figure that everyone thought was settled.
The current workflow
- 1Find the spreadsheet
- 2Find the version that was live that quarter
- 3Reconstruct the inputs
- 4Check the commission plan
- 5Explain the rounding
- 6Compare the numbers by hand
The receipt workflow
- 1Resolve the formula version
- 2Execute the calculation
- 3Issue the receipt
- 4Verify it independently
- 5Compare versions if the plan changed
The worked case
One quarter, tier by tier.
- Contract
- Sales Commission 2026
- Formula
- tiered_commission v1.2.0
- Revenue
- $84,300.00
- Tier 1
- 5% up to the $25,000 threshold → $1,250.00
- Tier 2
- 7% on the remaining $59,300 → $4,151.00
- Adjustment
- −$250.00 (settlement)
What the receipt carries
The receipt records how the number was produced — not whether the plan was fair. Each field is on the certificate itself, so it can be checked without access to your systems.
- Policy reference
- Which commission plan and formula version governed the run.
- Formula version
- tiered_commission v1.2.0 — pinned, not “whatever the sheet says today.”
- Inputs
- Revenue, both tier rates, and the tier threshold, as entered.
- Tiers
- The revenue slice and commission earned in each tier.
- Adjustment
- The signed settlement amount (clawback, spiff, correction).
- Rounding
- The numeric profile that fixes how cents are rounded.
- Output
- The gross and net commission in US dollars.
- Issuer
- Who produced the receipt, and the key that signed it.
- Timestamp
- When the calculation was issued, to the second, in UTC.
- Signature
- An Ed25519 signature anyone can check, online or offline.
A real receipt
Signed, reproducible, checkable by anyone.
This is a live sample receipt — every value is real, signed with the public test key at a fixed time. It shows the shape of the evidence a commission run produces: an Ed25519 signature over the canonical statement, a content-addressed id, and an independently re-runnable calculation. There is no single Verified badge — each axis is reported on its own.
Sample · experimental · test issuer · no legal certification.
Verifiable Calculation Certificate
Valid- Receipt ID
- sha256:e0ec93cd0f18…
- Calculator
- personal-loan
- Formula version
- 1.0.0
- Issued at
- 2026-07-11T12:00:00Z
Signature valid
Ed25519 over the canonical statement.
Statement intact
Content-addressed, byte-for-byte.
Result reproducible
Re-run matches: $400.76/mo.
What changes for the team
Faster reconstruction
The formula version, inputs and tiers travel with the number — no spreadsheet archaeology.
Fewer manual explanations
The rounding and the per-tier split are on the receipt, not in someone’s head.
Portable evidence
A single file both sides can verify independently, without access to your systems.
Easier review
Every figure is separated: gross, adjustment, net — and each tier stands on its own.
Clearer change history
When the plan changes, the version on the receipt says which rules produced which payout.
A receipt demonstrates the integrity, provenance and — when available — the technical reproducibility of a calculation. It does not prove that the inputs are true, that the commission plan is appropriate, or that the result constitutes advice.