diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ClientStatementController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ClientStatementController.php
index edf574020af1..553413914fac 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ClientStatementController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ClientStatementController.php
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
+use App\Http\Requests\Statements\CreateStatementRequest;
+
 class ClientStatementController extends BaseController
 {
     public function __construct()
@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@ class ClientStatementController extends BaseController
         parent::__construct();
     }
 
-    public function statement()
+    public function statement(CreateStatementRequest $request)
     {
         
     }
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/Statements/CreateStatementRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/Statements/CreateStatementRequest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac0f1a205e1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/Statements/CreateStatementRequest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Requests\Statements;
+
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
+
+class CreateStatementRequest extends FormRequest
+{
+    /**
+     * Determine if the user is authorized to make this request.
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function authorize(): bool
+    {
+        return auth()->user()->isAdmin();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the validation rules that apply to the request.
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function rules()
+    {
+        return [
+            'start_date' => ['required'],
+            'end_date' => ['required'],
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/routes/api.php b/routes/api.php
index ceeb78fadf6e..e004a6bb72be 100644
--- a/routes/api.php
+++ b/routes/api.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Route::group(['middleware' => ['api_db', 'token_auth', 'locale'], 'prefix' => 'a
     Route::post('connected_account', 'ConnectedAccountController@index');
     Route::post('connected_account/gmail', 'ConnectedAccountController@handleGmailOauth');
 
-    Route::resource('client_statement', 'ClientStatementController@statement'); // name = (client_statement. index / create / show / update / destroy / edit
+    Route::post('client_statement', 'ClientStatementController@statement')->name('client.statement');
 
     Route::post('companies/purge/{company}', 'MigrationController@purgeCompany')->middleware('password_protected');
     Route::post('companies/purge_save_settings/{company}', 'MigrationController@purgeCompanySaveSettings')->middleware('password_protected');