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# Can I request a payout myself?

> When the request button appears, and what happens after you submit.

Only if your record company has set you up for it. When they have, **Request Payout** appears beside the payable balance on your dashboard. If there's no button there at all, they decide when payments go out and there's nothing for you to do.

The button is only active when your payable balance is above the payout threshold and you have no payment already in progress.

## Making the request

<Steps>
  <Step title="Click Request Payout">
    The request covers your full payable balance in that currency. You can't ask for part of it.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check your billing details">
    If anything required is missing, the form opens first. Fill it in and click **Save & continue**. If your details are already complete, you go straight to the review.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review and submit">
    The review shows the amount, the tax added on top at your saved rate, and the total. Click **Submit Request**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## After you submit

The request appears on **Payments** as **Requested**, and your dashboard button becomes **View Request**. You can have one request open at a time.

Your record company then approves it, and it moves through their payment run to **Paid**, or they deny it. A denied request shows **Denied**, and the reason is usually in the payment's notes.

## Next steps

* Follow it through in [What is shown on the Payments page?](/artists/payments/payments-page).
* See why the button is greyed out in [What does Below Payout Threshold mean?](/artists/dashboard/below-payout-threshold).