Shutterstock Photographer Forum :: View topic - Any big news in the UPGRADED Shutterstock submitt agreement?

stefaniemohr · Joined: 23 Feb 2008 Posts: 768 Location: Nuremberg, Germany

And I'm definitely sure, that I didn't receive such an e-mail. Are Europeans not affected?

workshop101 · Joined: 30 Mar 2008 Posts: 193

I have not received an email about tax forms either.

artyuten · Joined: 16 Sep 2008 Posts: 250 Location: Germany

I pay taxes in Germany. Why should I fill out US tax forms?

nemosdad · Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 653 Location: Wakefield, RI

No email.

parrypix · Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Posts: 423 Location: USA

I received an email from SS about tax form - or at least I really, really HOPE it was from them. (I did check first.)

stevemcbil · Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:54 pm

Certainly no e-mail from Shutterstock about Tax here in the UK.

Steve
P.S.: Any chance of an answer from Admin about whether submitters in countries other than the USA need to be concerned about this ?? I sincerely hope NOT !

shaja1 · Joined: 19 Oct 2008 Posts: 9

totally confused

naturaldigital · Joined: 30 Apr 2008 Posts: 140

First Iv'e heard of it! I'm English and as far as I know there was no form to fill. Is this a new idea? should SS be informing me or does it not concern me?
Oh no! panic, worry, help. Someone tell me. Please set this right SS.

hospitalera · Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:39 pm

No email regarding taxes for me ;-( SY

rudyumans · Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:50 pm

May be I can shine some light on the W9 and W8 issues.

A W9 is an IRS verification form that verifies that you are eligible to work in the US. They do that either by you Social Security number or your business identification number (EIN). With this W9, Shutterstock is enable to send people that are working in the US and are authorized to work in the US a form 1099 at the end of the year if you made more than $600.oo during that tax year. (not sure where the $400.00 comes from what was mentioned. The amount is $600.00) Form 1099 is for independent contractors (individuals) and for sole proprietors with or without employees. Typically corporations such as regular or "C" corps, "S" corp, LLC's etc. do not receive a 1099, but could nevertheless.

A W8 is for foreigners and are not US legal aliens (green card) but have an US Social Security number or an US "Individual Tax Identification Number (ITIN) I believe that recipients of a W8 get form 1042 instead of a 1099.

For more details, consult the IRS website @ www.irs.gov As said elsewhere, you can also find all forms there. In order to cover my rear end (this is the US after all), please don't take my word for it

To ad one more thing to the long list of suggestions for SS, there should really be a separate forum about business related issues. (I volunteer to moderate)

Hope this helps

jarek78 · Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 665 Location: Poland

It does help. Thanks. Seems I'm not affected.

mackin43 · Site Admin Joined: 20 Mar 2008 Posts: 427

Thanks, rudyumans.

I'll also try to clarify: You should have received the email (about a week ago) ONLY IF your earnings were below $600 for the year 2008. Otherwise you are most likely in compliance.

For the new TOS, this applies to 2009 and beyond (until further notice).

If you have questions, email submit@shutterstock.com to inquire.

Thanks,

John

bwhatnall · Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:17 pm

rudyumans · Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:36 pm

Thank you John.

I think that SS should have a separate forum for business related issues and questions like this. I posted a topic about that (just now) in the feature request/ suggestions forum. There seems to be a need. I also hear that from other people BTW

have fun

illyguy · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 121 Location: Colorado

I received an email for the tax form - I'm in the U.S. so it was a W-9. I made sure the request was from SS. My sales stats and submitter number matched the email so I'm sure it was safe and legit. I filled the W-9 and emailed it back as a pdf. I haven't made enough in sales to worry about taxes but SS said they needed the form to continue payments to me. I just don't know if they got my emailed form yet or not...