There’s other people associated with Envato I’d like to list as collaborators, so that they can receive a percentage of the revenue from the sale of a product. Does Envato have a way to list collaborators for an item?
Can’t you pay them yourself from you earnings?
It’s not an option - aside from the extra work involved, the tax implications alone would prevent it.
How so? For VAT purposes, Envato is considered as the seller. No issue there. For income taxes, each author would pay on their own share, so where would the issue be, apart from applying a basic division?
This facility was removed by Envato in 2018: