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devy
Joined: 17 Dec 2006
Posts: 624
Location: Here Now
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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 6:36 am
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It's just not true what you're stating now.
My country has a 0/0 treaty with the USA (Netherlands).
but I refuse to give any personal info to the USA government out of principle and if I don't give personal info I'll loose 30% of my income and as a result from that, I directly support the american taxing system, which was never my intention to do so!
I don't live in America, I don't work in America and I don't get any benefits from supporting their tax system and at last not to speak about the american foreign policy.
And second: I never bashed or insulted american people personally and I'll never do!
Greetings
Devy
| pjmorley wrote: | | gudellaphoto wrote: | | I too believe that making an option to opt out from sales to US buyers would prevent many submiters from taking down their portfolios. For a lot of people it's against morals to pay anything to the US. For example just think about counties in war with the USA in history or suffering some kind of millitary intervention from them. But you don't have to go that far.. |
Let's be honest. The primary motive for disagreement here is not ideology, principles, morality or reluctance to pay anything to the US. If it was then they wouldn't be doing business with a US company in the first place because even before this news, SS made a profit and paid taxes on their profit which goes to the US government.
The second you do business with any foreign country, you directly or indirectly support their economy and that applied before this tax issue arose. Where were these ideals and principles then?
The real reason for the backlash now is the sudden thought of losing 30% from their personal income.
This situation shouldn't be used as an excuse to bash SS or insult the American people. |
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zu1u
Joined: 14 Apr 2009
Posts: 77
Location: Romania
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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 6:37 am
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It's almost impossible to follow up this thread.
My question: Are we going to be given a choice to opt in or out of selling to US buyers?
I personally feel we should, this is an international environment and it should be as fair for everyone as possible. |
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mbtaichi
Joined: 05 May 2006
Posts: 15
Location: Maidstone,Kent.UK
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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 7:13 am
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The trouble is that SS have never done this in the past and none of the other agencies have. Also it is safe to assume that this is no new law or tax or SS would have be using that to justify the move. It maybe a technical point of law that they do have to take this tax away from us but what seems very hard to believe is that a company the size of Shutterstock plus all the other stock agencies based in the US could and would get along for so long breaking a law that would net the IRS and incredible sum of money.
If it is the law then I find it very difficult to believe that for all these years, all the different agencies have been dodging huge amounts of taxes.
No, there's something fishy with the whole "it's the law" angle that SS administration are using. I think at some level we all feel this and I think this is why there is so much anger and frustration.[/ |
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What other stock agencies are based in the US ?
I think most are based outside the US or have offices in other countries, so this law would not apply if you are using a Non US office.
All of SS's major competitors list contact details for Non US offices on their sites. It seem only SS didn't have this foresight!!!!!!!!!!! |
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warchi
Joined: 30 Dec 2008
Posts: 5
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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 7:13 am
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| zu1u wrote: | It's almost impossible to follow up this thread.
My question: Are we going to be given a choice to opt in or out of selling to US buyers?
I personally feel we should, this is an international environment and it should be as fair for everyone as possible. |
agree |
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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 7:26 am
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[quote="Anonymous"] | pjmorley wrote: |
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No, there's something fishy with the whole "it's the law" angle that SS administration are using. I think at some level we all feel this and I think this is why there is so much anger and frustration. |
Personally I think these are perfect words to describe the situation.
I will not loose my time in burocracy, paper writing, attending offices, looking for certificates or authentications only for a 'foreign' country legislation. If no other solutions will be found so there will be 2 choices: give my 30% income or conclusively leave Shutterstock.
It's a pity, Shutterstock were and actually is one of the best microstock sites on the market: not so remunerative for submitters but clean, easy and cheap for buyers.
Please Admins, let this site grow up and do not permit a talent -not mine of course- exodus just for burocracy !
Thanks
vesilvio [banned] |
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asad28
Joined: 15 Aug 2006
Posts: 24
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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 7:59 am
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i liv in pakistan ,,,, i worked here and send it in air not working on usa land CAN i breath here ?????????? or pay tax for air ???? |
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sapsiwai
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Posts: 298
Location: Mauritius
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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 8:14 am
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True, but their billing/payment system is in the US eg DT. So don't be surprised.
| colvil wrote: | | sapsiwai wrote: | The other agencies will soon follow to abide to law.
| andreiiancu wrote: | non-us, citizens... take your photos down off shutterstock. there are other agencies too, especially ones that deal better with problems like these (irs, taxes, etc.).
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Not all Major agencies are based in the USA ;) |
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photka
Joined: 29 Mar 2008
Posts: 5
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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 8:28 am
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Tax law, probably in every country, is a real puzzle. For instance all of this problem has started because "US tax law imposes a 30% withholding tax on US source passive income, such as royalties,", but this site sels ROYALTY FREE LICENCE - is the law still applicable here?
And that "passive income".... hmmmm.... I don't think anybody can make any money here or on any other site simply by being passive. Making money in microstock is a hard work.
Thank you all fellow microstockers for providing all that information that you do. That will be a great help. |
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shutterstock
Joined: 22 Oct 2004
Posts: 1881
Location: New York, NY
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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 9:07 am
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It's getting too confusing to see what questions/answers are being addressed in this thread - please create new threads if you continue to have questions. |
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