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0 pointsd357r0y3r1y ago0 comments

30% cut for handling taxes? That's wild.

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You'd think so until you look into doing it yourself. It's more work than building a simple app.

And you'd thinking would reverse again to the common sense baseline when you realize that alternative providers outside of locked systems don't charge 30%

tppiotrowski1y ago

Can you name a provider? I personally use Stripe Tax for my business and while they will calculate the taxes you owe in each municipality it is totally on you to create an account with each country/state's Department of Revenue and fill out a form quarterly to submit your payments.

This paperwork is what I believe a marketplace like the App Store or Amazon do for you under their own entity that you have to do yourself if you bypass their stores.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

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threeseed1y ago

It's 15% for most developers. And it's for a lot more than just handling taxes.

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tppiotrowski1y ago

You'd think so until you look into doing it yourself. It's more work than building a simple app.

eviks1y ago

And you'd thinking would reverse again to the common sense baseline when you realize that alternative providers outside of locked systems don't charge 30%

tppiotrowski1y ago

This paperwork is what I believe a marketplace like the App Store or Amazon do for you under their own entity that you have to do yourself if you bypass their stores.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

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threeseed1y ago

It's 15% for most developers. And it's for a lot more than just handling taxes.

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