Generally, yes. If you sell stuff you need to pay taxes (sales taxes/VAT) on it.
But If you are not selling more than a certain dollar (or other currency) amount to users in a given country, don't expect a taxman to bang on your door trying to collect from you.Only after a certain threshold you are required to pay taxes. On Wednesday, May 30, 2012 12:18:03 PM UTC-4, Terry wrote: > > I am not sure that I have completely understood the new tax > arragements published by Google. > > Is it true that Google expects ME to collect V.A.T. in all countries > where my apps are being sold, and to pay the total to the right tax > authorities in these countries? > > So, e.g. if I live in Switzerland, I must collect VAT on all apps sold > to the UK, and pay the total of the VAT collected to the tax > authorities in the UK? And do the same for all other countries where > my apps are sold? > > Can we expect that Google will send complete reports to the tax > authorities in all countries about all taxes collected by our apps? > > If this is true, I shall consider stop selling my apps on the Google > Play Store. > > Or may be limit the sale of my apps to countries which will give me a > minimum of tax related problems. > Such as only sell apps to the US, where there (hopefully) will be no > sales tax on my apps. > > I am neither capable of - nor interested in - keeping track of apps > sold - and tax collected - for every country. > > I hope that Google will have to reconsider this. > > What is YOUR opinion - all of you Android developers? > > Regards, Terry > -- 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
