Hey, i´m a starter in this industry so i do not know somethings like taxes and that stuff but…
For example, i have sold an item for 8 $ it says that i received 2.88$ and then my earnings were 1.09$
$2.88 is your earnings, and the $1.79 is US withholding tax… leaving you with $1.09. You’ll see the details if you go to your statement page. Check out the article here which should clarify a few things…
Bottom line… US withholding tax is withheld on all sales at 28%, until you fill out a W8 form in your account settings. Then you’ll only have 0% withheld on non-US sales, and depending on where you live and whether you provide your foreign tax ID on the W8 from, you’ll have somewhere between 0 and 30% withheld on all US sales.
For example, it says only if the buyer is an US person, that i will have a cut of % from tax. But in this example, the person that bought my item is from united kingdom.
Envato has no taxpayer information about you (you don’t submited the W-8 form)
Without this taxpayer infos, Envato must treat you as an US-Author without any tax infos = 28% US Backup Tax on all your sales no matter of the nationality of the buyer.
I see you are from Portugal and Portugal has a double tax treaty with the USA of 10%.
Your options:
fill out W-8 form without foreign tax ID = 30% tax on US sales only
fill out W-8 form with your Portuguese Tax ID as foreign tax ID = 10% tax on US sales only
Your tax ID along with some basic information about you. Go to your profile settings => Tax Information section, and there should be an online copy of the form you need to fill out.