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Hilda
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Aug 13, 2013 12:25PM
I'm afraid I'm going to raise a very boring topic. I've just discovered that the US tax people take tax off at source from any money paid out by Amazon even to non-US people living in other countries and that we're supposed to fill in some form to prevent this happening. Has anyone done this? Does anyone even know about it?
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@Hilda Do you publish with Smashwords too, Hilda? I have been through this paperwork, it wasn't as bad as rumoured and I now have the exemption. I used information from Smashwords, which I found user-friendly.I also remember CreateSpace gave me a step-by-step guide, with example of how to fill the form out.
Whoa...! this all sounds very interesting, if a little disturbing. I now have two books out on Amazon through Xynobooks of Arizona. Of course I was very pleased and delighted to receive great reviews, but I am told that I should not look for a royalties cheque until next Feb. Now I see that I may have to contribute to the U.S. economy. Disturbing eh?!
As a non-US author, I had to go through this too. With this information, it was all done in an easy 10 mins! Just scroll down the page to David Gaughran information and follow his steps. Good luck! http://catherineryanhoward.com/2012/0...
Thanks, everyone. I shall now try to tackle this. I wonder how many other people don't know about it. I've been published on Kindle since last November and only found out a few weeks ago by accident via an article in Writing Magazine.
