In your case, since you didn't receive a 1099-K, that's probably fine, but for those of us who did, we better start from the number appearing on the 1099-K as that's what the IRS gets also.
Of course, I am no tax accountant, so you better ask a professional. On Saturday, April 14, 2012 12:57:20 AM UTC+8, niko20 wrote: > > 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
