If you're US based the IRS will want to talk to you about a export withholding on sales to the UK.
Al. ----- Original message ----- > Jaja, I want to see the UK trying to get me for not collecting taxes in their > territory. They won't because I live in another country and have no precense > there. In this case it is the responsibily of the UK citizen to pay the tax. > There, simple. > > I only need to collect taxes for the state, here in USA, that I'm living in. > > On Mar 2, 2009, at 12:18 PM, george_c <[email protected]> wrote: > > Seems AM does not want to do anything with tax issues and is acting purely as > a > payment processor sitting in between you the developer (selling the app) and > the > customer. But you the developer is selling the app to the end user and should > be > issuing invoices/receipts according to each countries regulations. > > So you are *all in business developers* along with all the liabilities so you > can sell into each country ;) > > It takes companies in the tens of thousands of dollars to setup such > structures > to sell internationally. Seems you are all left alone in the dark... so the > international tax authorities spotlight is over your heads now. > > I would expect to see a blog soon from AM with what advise they give to the > small developer and what AM plans to do to make it easy for developers to sell > globally. > > 30% for just processing a transaction then and not handling the sales & tax > issues for developers is quite steep IMHO. Apple takes this cut but > relinquishes > the developer from such exposure. SlideME does not only sit in the middle as > payment processor with their hands up in the air (alike AM silently shouting > its > not me being liable for my customers/developers taxes...), but acts as a > distributor/reseller and one stop shop for all developers needs. > > So since you developers are issuing the invoice/receipts to your customers, > you > may need to also collect(for some countries) the whole amount and then pay > back > to AM the 30% as in some jurisdictions you will not be able to excuse such a > 30% > as a commission in your books, as the whole amount of sale will need to be > considered as part of your income. Check with your accountants to be sure > though. Just outlining this possibility as each developer can advise AM what > laws exist per country so AM can adapt accordingly as they role out AM in > other > countries. > > George > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 6:18 PM, lotusscript <[email protected]> wrote: > > [Quote] Are you selling the app and issuing a receipt/invoice or is > Android Market selling it for you? [/Quote] > > I would be very interested in an official answer to this question. > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. 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