Unlock with PatreonSales tax on patreon heads-up
Posted: August 20, 2021 Filed under: Patreon Leave a comment »Patreon is recommending that I do the work of softening you up to this and suggests I post something like the sample passage linked here.
But I’m not a patreon employee so I figure I have no obligation to do their PR for them. I only care about you guys so here’s the relevant stuff I can figure out:
- Patreon will start charging new sales taxes from on July 1st
- The changes effects only some US patrons (sales taxes are already applied elsewhere)
- Pledges to me will be effected by sales tax to some degree if you’re in a location where the sales taxes apply, because I offer stuff that is taxable
- I have tried to mark the kind of content I offer so that your pledge isn’t taxed unneccesarily (i.e. your whole pledge won’t get taxed for a fractional benefit you receive that is taxable).
- If it works anything like my experience of VAT on patreon, then the tax will be added on top of the amount you pledge. Meaning that you will be paying more.
Patreon will apparently be sending details with relevant info on June 1st to patrons who will be effected, so look out for that I guess?
Being able to mark what kind of content I offer for the purposes of sales tax seems like a new feature, so maybe it will reduce taxes on pledges that were already being taxed? I have no idea though.
As always, if this (or anything else) leads to you lowering or removing your pledge, please know I completely understand and am grateful for any level of support that you have given until now <3