Originally Posted by Barefootsies

Agreed on all accounts.

In the end, it comes down to you as an affiliate are going to do what you want (or your counsel advises you) and the affiliate program is going to do what their own counsel advises them. I know for me, I would listen to my counsel. After all, you are paying someone much more intelligent and versed in these matters than you or I.

I would not hold someone's income owed should the situation come up. I would simply pay what's owed, and wish you the best as I closed your account for your pleasure. After all, if I had been paying you for months or years, one more payment before closing their account is not going to change your liability one way or the other.