One last thing. Google's numbers have *never* made sense, so I just used the payouts for each month and added them up, I mean literally the amount of money that was sent to my checking account. If the IRS wanted to do an audit, that's the number they would finally end up with. If anything, that would show *Google* was full of inaccuracy, and not me.
-niko On Apr 13, 11:53 am, niko20 <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm wondering if maybe this form is only sent for apps with ads or > something. I don't have such apps, only paid. And I have never > received such a form and been on the market since early 2009. > > -niko > > On Apr 13, 8:58 am, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > 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
