Well I have made more than 3 times that in a year, and never gotten a form yet..so I am thinking it's probably for ad-supported apps.
-niko On Apr 13, 9:48 pm, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > Looks like,according to the link TreKing posted, you had to made $20,000 > (before the 30%) OR made 200 transactions. I don't know what constitutes a > transaction, individual sales or monthly payouts, but that's what it says. > > > > > > > > On Saturday, April 14, 2012 12:51:55 AM UTC+8, niko20 wrote: > > > I have never received any form from Google, and I've made WELL into > > the thousands. > > > -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
