Post by Evolutionary Games in How can I disable sales for US and all countries that steal from my sale in form of tax withholding?

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It sounds like you could be making the wrong assumption.

The credit card companies, PayPal, and Stripe charge a fee for someone to buy your game. That fee is carried over to your account. Once every three years you must complete a tax certificate which costs $3 (last time I checked).

See: https://itch.io/docs/creators/payments

If it was tax, your tax certificate would highlight that. If your country has a tax treaty with the US there won't be any tax withholding, only the fees. The fees can still constitute a large chunk of your earnings if you have a lot of small transactions.

In contrast, other companies absorb the fees in their 30% commissions. But because Itch.io doesn't enforce a commission, they can't pay for the fees themselves.

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Kia257 days ago

There is two issues:
1- my country doesn't have a tax treaty with US.
2 - the fees should be paid by the clients not the seller.
But I'm being forced to pay for hotels to host illegal aliens that don't work.
Even that 30% sounds more reasonable compare to the half that I'm missing over here. At least they're upfront in the percent they'll take, and I can factor that into my prices.

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Eris Lord Freedom256 days ago(+1)

Why should the client be paying for a service they're providing to you?
More importantly, how can they stay in business if they cover the costs your business creates for them?

Half does sound like a lot; you should look into the account fee structure and see if you're missing something, like if there's a minimum per purchase, or some settings that could be changed.

Your other options include raising your prices, as you've mentioned (which is what most businesses do, to cover the costs of licenses and tax fees - they need to make income on top of those, so the prices are raised to cover for them), or selling on a platform like Steam, which allows regional price differences.

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Kia256 days ago

Unfortunately greed of the taxman always hurts the consumer and the platform.
Instead of handling taxes the right way, the platform passes the cost to the seller, and the seller will pass the cost to the client. At the end it will make using the platform more expensive for the client, and that hurts the platform's competitiveness

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Pizza Doggy254 days ago (2 edits) (+1)

Hi Kia! I'd suggest selecting "Direct to you" payout mode and having a serious conversation with your parents about getting the bully in control. If your parents doesn't seem to be helpful to you, then please go the school social worker and tell her/him that money is being mugged from you. I would recommend consulting with a reasonable adult before you go to the social worker if no proper support is being or could be received from the parents. This could be a teacher you can trust or a reasonable family member.

If the school social worker is incapable of providing proper action towards the bully, please go to the administration of the school or report it to the police with a parent, or a teacher being with you. You have to effectively communicate to them how serious this is.

Take care, and respect your own self!

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Kia254 days ago

Looks like you've took the `bully` example literally, It's just a figure of speech, in this case the bully is the government.

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Pizza Doggy253 days ago

Haha. Well, no one likes to pay taxes, but tax money is all around you, making your life easier in many ways

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Kia253 days ago

Not really, most of it goes to corrupt officials that have nothing better to do than creating laws to oppress us, throw us in jail and limit our freedoms.
We are paying for police force that hate us, educational system that make our kids dumb, healthcare that keeps us sick, militaries that starts wars and the economy that keeps us poor.
We would've thrive if only the government would've leave us alone.

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Pizza Doggy253 days ago

We both are more or less correct. It's just important to not forget about the good things the tax system brings. You might live in a country where the most or at least some things stated by you are true, but the things you have said are the things you think about, maybe more than you should. The things you think about can have and most likely has a massive impact of your well being. The things you can change are the ones that have the biggest impact on you, so I suggest focusing on them.

Your thoughts shape you and often impact the way your life goes. Take care of yourself!

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Pizza Doggy254 days ago

If you're not sure how to proceed with the bully situation effectively, you can write me an email and I'll help you out. You can find my email on my profile page :)

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