patreon sales tax

As a sparkling new member as of 30/7/20, It don't worry me, mate, what slice you take. You have to do what you have to do, but keep writing and drawing awesome stuff!

Desmond Auer

As a European, Patreon has always been charging me tax on top of any Patreon sub I have. I'm paying 15,73 USD for 13 USD worth of content.

Stijn Van Hove

Is a yearly recurring tier possible? Say 15$/year and remove that of 1$/month

Lucian I. Last

I'm okay with it. You're more than worth it.

Tazrael

Right, I just got told about this from a different patreon too. What is happening is that in the EU, Patreon has already charged taxes on top of the pledge (so a $5 tier costs $5+tax for us), but now they have to expand that to several other countries too. Which means people in the EU should not see a change. Also the creators do not get the tax part, that is going to the tax offices of the patron's country. In my experience, the tax is less prominent the more you pay, so the $5 tiers pay less tax than just five times of the tax on the $1 tiers. (The $1 tiers get the worst end of the stick tbh...)

Adam Ladanyi

nonon i get the full thing then later i pay my taxes on it, this is a tax added to the payments of patrons but it seems i have overestimated it because i thought the sales tax is like european vat. we already pay that one but the actual sales tax that patreon is talking about it something like 13% so it's even less than i initially calculated. i'll still look into the upcoming tools and maybe i can reduce those taxes overall. fingers crossed

stjepan sejic

Did i understand that correct, that you do not recieve, the full 6 $ but less due to tax decreases this? Or is our 6$ then 7$ for example after the change...? Some of us came from defiantart.... for me I can say i joined patreon only because of you. And if you create a pay model with 7$ a the same content including the tax added i would join the 7$ if you then get the full 6$. If you dont want your followers be charged more (in case its added to the followers purse)you still can create an extra 0,30$ pay model in parallel to the 1$ with the same content than the 1$, than every follower can decide by them self. Of course your decision....

BadBadMegatron

No worries -- won't stop me from contributing.

Poland here, they already charge me extra 23 cents for every dollar so 🤷‍♀️ It's nice that you care, but for some of us it won't change anything

Olga Drozd

if it's already added then no more will be added

stjepan sejic

I already get 20 cents added to each dollar via paypal.... we'll see if they add more or not. either way since I'm new to this patreon thing I'm currently feeling out my budget for the next few months to see if I can afford this.^^

madlycan

Yeah, well, government going to do its thing.

Fritz Sands

You’re the man. You are so generous with all of the art and ideas you share- I’m happy to keep sending my money your way!

Thanks much!

Lia Graf

Germany here, for my $27 worth of total pledges per month I pay $28.56 total, so that's $1.56 taxes... So there was always some tax, but what you say sounds an increased amount to that. I really appreciate your warning and you looking into decreasing that!

Adam Ladanyi

I'm not worrying about it.

Maureen Albertson

Talking as an aussie I follow different regulations. Probably.

Tamaria Lavelle

Life, death, and Stjepan Sejic's comic

Tamaria Lavelle

I am okay with taxes as long as the other certain thing doesn't show up.

From Denmark, they already added tax to my pledges, so nothing new here, hold on, state law, that doesn't affect me

Kintoga

doesn't change anything

Sleep3walker

We still love you!

Sean Carter

Tax is fine. Your work is always worth it.

Bowman

Sales tax in our area is 8.25% unless there is an add on.

GM

no worries, but thanks for the heads up though 😊

Nika

I would support you no matter if it is 1 dollar or even 2 (or to be honest even more, I'm in love with your content) But thank you so much for giving us a heads up about this issue.

Silke

The only things certain in life are death and taxes

Gary Palmer

It's so great that you let us know! :) I'll be sure to adjust my mental budget accordingly

Coco

So, as far as I'm concerned, don't worry, we pay taxes for get something in return, so it's no problem for me.😊

You are the best Stjepan

Brian Byrnes

Thanks for the heads up but you are my favorite comic artist! I’m not going anywhere! (But I’ll budget for it lol)

Taxes:. A pain in everyone's ass, but they are the price we pay for civilization. Mind, it is still incumbent on us to ensure those taxes are well spent -- *gets dragged off the soapbox to NO POLITICS ON T'INNERNET jail*

Eztli Angelos

yeah i just learned that all these digital sites already add a vat for european countries.

stjepan sejic

Thanks for the heads-up man :) You won't scare me away with taxes so do your worst! :D

BananaCarpet

For me is not a bother, I'm from Italy and I always pay taxes when I buy digital abroad 😅

Elisa Miggiano

Taxes have been with since I was dragged into adulthood. I can take a little more.

Nizing

We aren’t going anywhere! Love your content.

Bridget