George, My understanding is that Market provides an all-in-one billing and payment on behalf of the developer and the developer is the one selling the app to the customer. Google then take their 30% cut for the service provided.
This is the approach that Checkout is designed for, it's how PayPal works, and so it would be unusual (but not impossible) for Market to deviate from this model. Al. george_c wrote: > Developers need to be clear and understand if they are the ones > selling the apps and giving a cut to Android Market. This has totally > different liabilities from Android Market selling the apps and giving > a cut to the developer. > > So developers, my question is to gauge what your understanding is till > now: > > Are you selling the app and issuing a receipt/invoice or is Android > Market selling it for you? > > George > > > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Stone Mirror <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > If I had to guess, given that it's apparently impossible to buy an > app from the Android Market in any other currency than dollars, > that collecting and documenting VAT is another aspect of all of > this that hasn't actually been thought through. And no, history > would suggest that you won't get anything like authoritative > advice here. Which is interesting, all by itself. > > (This may not get posted to the android-discuss list--last I > heard, I was still being "moderated" by Dan Morrill for having > actually attempted to discuss a news story here...) > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 7:06 AM, george_c <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Noticing some problems discussed but are minor compared to > what I see being the biggest one that developers are put under > the spotlight pertaining to sales tax charges such as VAT. Who > sells the app (AM or developers?), if VAT is applied, is it > clearly stated on invoice/receipt so end user can claim it > back? If VAT is charged who collects it and submits to > authorities? Ok, its mentioned developer handles sales tax > issues as you have stated, but do inform what they need to do > for their own good before all developers get into trouble with > the tax authorities. > > Just a note to all developers, if you are the one selling the > apps and issuing some form of receipt/invoice to end users, > you must collect and register for VAT so to be able to submit > the VAT amounts you have collected in each and every EU state. > > Get some independent advise ASAP. Doesn't seem like you are > going to get it from here. > > What needs to be cleared if you the developer is selling the > app and giving a cut to Android Market or is Android Market > selling the app and giving a cut to developer? > > George > > > > > > -- > 鏡石 > > > > > -- * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
