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Patreon Adds Taxes July 1st - Edited

🕑 Added 2020-05-31 03:13:56 +0000 UTC

Comments

Throwcat2

No worry. Your work is more than worth it.

Gleth

Glad to see this second post, as that way I don't need to ask you to keep it at $5 instead of dropping to $4 :-) (a little bit of tax is good, it helps society function)

Ross Kirkland

I don't know if this is helpful and you may already know it but one of my other creators said this "now, they are adding some tools for us creators that will help reduce this depending on the type of content we provide, and one of those tools is determining how much of the pledges can be considered as a charitable donation from patrons to simply support a creator. given the fact that a lot of my content is available on sites like deviantart i think i have a strong case to relieve a lot of that tax."

Carlos

Can attest, I've been paying VAT on Patreon for quite a while now and I'm fine with it. It could be argued that most Patreon rewards would fall into the Cultural Product category and should thus get a reduced VAT rate, but still.

Amyphist

They’ve already charged sales taxes in the EU for some time now! All you can do is set your own rates and let people deal with it.

Tehkeela Suhnrayze

It's probably to cover their rear and keep them out of court. Some nations and American states charge sales tax on electronic transactions as well, many do not. This gets messy when you have a resident of a state that doesn't charge sales tax on electronic purchases (like mine) buying a product from a state that does charge that sales tax. It gets nightmarish when you go international.

Lomond

PS this tax introduction sounds like a money grab from Patreon to me. Just saying.

Lomond

Already on the $5, not going away.

Great Scott

According to some of the other providers I've heard from -- some of the content might not be taxable everyplace -- everything varies across all tax jurisdictions. I'm just living with it, continue with $5 tier overall.

Fiona

Likewise. Nothing I can do unfortunately other than pray this doesn't ruin me financially.

Tehkeela Suhnrayze

The sales tax depends on nation. For the U.S. alone, this means trying to create a system that takes into consideration something like 51+ different sales tax laws (massively more if you include cities). I see this as a failure waiting to happen.