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-35% tax amount in europe country

A topic by Yashe created Oct 11, 2021 Views: 352 Replies: 2

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Hey, I’ve searched as much information about it as I could and I don’t know if everything is good with my payout.

Yesterday I completed the tax interview, and my approximation revenue is (after my calculation because itch.io payout transactions which are at least 7 days long) covered with -35%. In my country, the tax for selling games is -23% in addition if I don’t get more than 50k $ I’m tax exempt. I don’t understand how can it be -35%, and cannot find any information showing how this approximation revenue is calculated.

On top of that, I tested and turned off the itch.io cut to see if this changes the revenue, but it’s not. Do I make mistakes with tax interviews? I’m an individual, not living in the U.S, and have nothing in common with this country. My form type is W8BEN-I of course. Does anyone know something I can do?

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Afloof.devModerator2 years ago(+1)

In my country, the tax for selling games is -23%

It doesn’t matter what the law in your country is. All that it matters is the trading agreement between the US and your country.

I don’t understand how can it be -35%, and cannot find any information showing how this approximation revenue is calculated.

Are you sure you are reading the numbers correctly? I was under the impression that the maximum tax would be 30%, but I could be wrong.

I’m an individual, not living in the U.S, and have nothing in common with this country.

This is not relevant. You are using a platform that is based in the US, so you have to deal with their laws/treaties with your country.

If you’d rather pay the taxes your country has decided, you can sell them from your own site, which has its own advantages/disadvantages.

Hope that helps

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Yashe2 years ago (4 edits)

Thanks for explaining some of my points! I’m a newbie in such things. What I know is the US - PL has tax treaty benefits that prevent double taxation, but maybe it’s another matter.

“Are you sure you are reading the numbers correctly? I was under the impression that the maximum tax would be >30%, but I could be wrong.”

Yes, I think it’s ~35%. Tomorrow I’ll check it again because one of the recent payments will be ready to payout - with that data I’ll be more certain.

“I’m an individual, not living in the U.S, and have nothing in common with this country.”

Now I see that this sounded not what I want to sound like. I wanted to communicate what my tax type is and not sound like I’m indignation that my taxes are not counted as Polish haha, sorry about it.

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