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Hello @natman

Hope I’ll get a reply :smile: Here are my doubts.

  1. The post says you will implement this from January 2016. But a Financial year starts on April. You also says that will provide a form in March 2017. If you are about to make this happen on jan 2016, Aren’t we eligible to receive that form for 3 months on March 2016 ?

  2. Once I filled the form, (I’m from India and the treaty rate is 15%) Will you deduct 15% yourself and pay to IRS from the US customer? or do we have to do anything about this? when will it happen? Are we able to see the same in statements?

  3. From what rate 15% is calculated? if an item price is $100 and we will earn $60 as per this page So the 15% should be taken from this price right? If its $80, why I should pay tax for earnings to envato? So, you have to refund a % to us. right?

  4. The US tax is applicable for US buyers only. So, I have 3 sales, and 1 is from US and 2 is from others. Whether I should pay tax for the other 2, in my country right? If so, do you provide any additional form, with a total amount with Non US sales?

  5. Is there any option available for us to pay Tax rather than paying tax in US. I feel non-sense to pay the tax to other country instead of paying to the living country. How the country will develop then?

  6. Even if the tax treaty is 15% in india, Can I state that its 0% and pay tax here. And the end of each year I can provide a form to envato that you can submit to IRS?

  7. As many of us are either freelancer or business. As per my country, There are certain rules applicable where we can deduct our expenses, hosting charges and any other expenses. After deducting those, the final amount is called income or profit. So why we should pay tax for the complete amount?

  8. Why don’t you collect tax for US buyers extra from the list price? We are already selling on a low price. However for a buyer 15% of $17 template will be $2.5, that’s just a price of cup of coffee for them. But for us, we can eat for a full day.

  9. The post says envato will give some kind of form to Paypal to prevent double reporting. is there anything similar for Payoneer? or isn’t that applicable?

  10. there are more to come as we get in to it…

Natman, Can I get a reply? (only 9 questions)

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