On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 12:26 AM, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote:
> That makes sense that the commission is an expense, but is it not for > Amazon? Amazon is also sending a 1099-MISC as opposed to a 1099-K. This is my guess: with Google you're on your own. You're using Checkout or Wallet or whatever as a payment processor to collect payment, but you're essentially selling to users directly. As such, you get 1099-K (for " merchant card transactions (e.g., debit or credit cards) " [ http://www.irs.gov/businesses/article/0,,id=251966,00.html] With Amazon, you sign up with them, give them the right to market, promote, and and sell your app on your behalf. They deal with selling to the customer, and collecting and processing payments, not you (like how you can't issue refunds directly to customers like you can on the Android Market). Then they pay you for what they sold for you. As such, you're more of an independent contractor, hence 1099-MISC. Again, just postulating - I can barely get through TurboTax so don't take this with any authority. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
