![]() ![]() After answering a few questions and receiving the number, they update their tax information (on W-8BEN form) and voila, they can now keep more of their earnings! Internal Revenue Service and requesting their EIN. publishers preferred to go the EIN route by calling the U.S. Individual Tax Identification Number (ITIN) or an Employee Identification Number (EIN).Īfter providing one of these identification numbers in your tax information, the tax withheld will depend on the tax treaty between your country of residence and the U.S. In the past, to avoid paying or to reduce the withholding tax, individual publishers either had to obtain a U.S. ![]() ![]() How To Avoid or Reduce the 30% Withholding Tax For Non-U.S. If the country you are a resident of (for tax purposes) has a tax treaty with the U.S., I will show you how to reduce the tax withheld in the U.S. taxes of 30% as well as taxes in your own country. The problem with this is that you end up paying taxes twice: U.S. tax laws, Amazon will by default deduct the full 30% tax from royalties earned on your Kindle book sales. citizen, resident, or business with direct connections to the U.S.), then you may have experienced the 30% in withholding tax levied on your U.S. If you’ve tried self-publishing a book on Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing as a non-U.S. ![]()
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