Author Topic: Tax Forms Appeared (Read 17411 times)

rubyroo · « **on:** June 16, 2010, 11:40 »

I just refreshed my BigStock balance and saw a new pink panel asking me to fill in their tax forms. Just sending out a heads up to you all, as I assume it's the same for everyone(?)

Here we go again... better dig out all the previous ones to make sure I get it right.

etienjones · « **Reply #1 on:** June 16, 2010, 11:48 »

Right, just sent them in . . . . at least they make the procedure easy.

lisafx · « **Reply #2 on:** June 16, 2010, 12:46 »

I didn't get that form. Is this only for non-US contributors?

They have had my social security # for years.

etienjones · « **Reply #3 on:** June 16, 2010, 12:52 »

Quote from: lisafx on June 16, 2010, 12:46

I didn't get that form. Is this only for non-US contributors?

They have had my social security # for years.

No idea Ms Lisafx, I am located in Munich, Germany. Since I am an American it isn't a big deal for me at least.

stormchaser · « **Reply #4 on:** June 16, 2010, 13:50 »

Quote from: lisafx on June 16, 2010, 12:46

I didn't get that form. Is this only for non-US contributors?

They have had my social security # for years.

No Alerts in my account, no email. Perhaps they are taking care of non-US counties first, and then maybe will ask for a W9 from the US people.

scottbraut · « **Reply #5 on:** June 16, 2010, 14:08 »

Hello,

We'll be announcing the tax center and the new reporting features later today in a blog post and newsletter. New features are often released prior to the announcement to make sure there are no site issues introduced with the release. We are, however, approving tax profiles and forms already.

You'll find a Tax Center FAQ in your "Commissions" area, as well as a contact form for the Bigstock Support team if you have any questions. Unfortunately, we do not monitor this forum for support requests. For that reason, we encourage everyone to contact our support team when they have questions. The form in the tax center itself goes to specific recipients, so it's best to use that form for questions related to the tax center itself.

We realize that tax-related responsibilities are never fun, but we've provided some new charts and tools with the release and hope that you find them useful. We've also endeavored to make the process fairly straightforward.

Thanks and Regards,

Scott
Product Manager
Bigstock

lisafx · « **Reply #7 on:** June 16, 2010, 16:32 »

I guess I am in the clear. You guys already have a W-9 on me. Must be why I didn't get an alert.

Love the site improvements so far. Especially to the stats section.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #8 on:** June 16, 2010, 20:34 »

I got a email because my address is invalid eheheh that's a good one!

now solved and all set!

mantonino · « **Reply #9 on:** June 16, 2010, 20:38 »

Just for the record - I'm a US contributor, I did ALL of this today (there was an alert under "commissions" for me).

RacePhoto · « **Reply #10 on:** June 16, 2010, 21:55 »

Quote from: lisafx on June 16, 2010, 16:32

I guess I am in the clear. You guys already have a W-9 on me. Must be why I didn't get an alert.

Love the site improvements so far. Especially to the stats section.

+1

And easy, I registered and then filled the W-9 form out today. Nice work.

donding · « **Reply #11 on:** June 17, 2010, 10:37 »

It's easy to do...no hassle. I'm thankful it's an online form and and we don't have to fax it.

cathyslife · « **Reply #12 on:** June 17, 2010, 11:47 »

Quote from: mantonino on June 16, 2010, 20:38

Just for the record - I'm a US contributor, I did ALL of this today (there was an alert under "commissions" for me).

I got an email today, too, as they mentioned. I filled it all out and got it approved yesterday though, after the post here.

Edit: I too like the new website design. I would really like to see Shutterstock and Big Stock take off...SS for my subs and BigStock for my on-demands...I might even be talked into considering exclusivity with those 2 (if that were possible) if they really made a big push. I have always liked both of those sites.

Sandralise · « **Reply #13 on:** June 17, 2010, 12:05 »

Quote from: donding on June 17, 2010, 10:37

It's easy to do...no hassle. I'm thankful it's an online form and and we don't have to fax it.

I agree...very easily done and approval was within 3 hrs.

madelaide · « **Reply #14 on:** June 17, 2010, 12:18 »

There goes 30% of my sales... for no benefit at all from these taxes. $:-\$

lisafx · « **Reply #15 on:** June 17, 2010, 14:51 »

I got the notice too. Filled out and waiting for approval.

madelaide · « **Reply #16 on:** June 17, 2010, 16:46 »

Can anyone translate this to a normal language?

Quote

I have provided or will provide a statement that identifies those notional principal contracts from which the income is not effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States.

Phil · « **Reply #17 on:** June 18, 2010, 20:21 »

We are looking forward to helping you determine which tax forms are appropriate and required by the I.R.S. and/or by Bigstock.

someone at BigStock is looking forward to helping with tax forms? Really?? what sort of person looks forward to tax forms

Phil · « **Reply #18 on:** June 18, 2010, 20:25 »

Quote from: Phil on June 18, 2010, 20:21

We are looking forward to helping you determine which tax forms are appropriate and required by the I.R.S. and/or by Bigstock.

someone at BigStock is looking forward to helping with tax forms? Really?? what sort of person looks forward to tax forms

now that I think about it some more, the could be 'looking forward' in dread

Microbius · « **Reply #19 on:** June 19, 2010, 03:37 »

Wow what a relief, looks like they learnt from the mistakes the other agencies made. That for was really easy to complete, even had guidance notes if you ticked the wrong boxes etc. and the form was checked and accepted in double quick time.
Well done Bigstock!

madelaide · « **Reply #20 on:** June 19, 2010, 14:14 »

I guess every sale in BigStock will now be taxed, since they don't have foreign branches like FT?

pling · « **Reply #21 on:** June 30, 2010, 00:33 »

I just wanna know when they start witholidng this tax, i email them and they replied

"Any future commission payouts will be subject to our tax withholding, no
past commission payouts are subject to this only future payouts."

only future payouts? but i have past earning haven't request for payout..so if I request payout now consider future payout? all will be tax?

30% for me

Lcjtripod · « **Reply #22 on:** June 30, 2010, 07:00 »

Quote from: lisafx on June 17, 2010, 14:51

I got the notice too. Filled out and waiting for approval.

How did you do it Lisa?

I filled it out 10 times and they still do not have my profile. I saved it with AOL then IE in compatibility mode, then in Safari, NONE of them successfully got my profile accepted at BS and that has to happen before you can fill out the tax form and get paid. HEEEEEEEELLLLLLLPPPPP!

They could not have made this easy could they like, click here to upload your profile. Why do they need it uploaded anyway as they have allready had it for more than five years.

-Larry

Lcjtripod · « **Reply #24 on:** June 30, 2010, 09:12 »

Quote from: scottbraut on June 30, 2010, 08:28

Hello,

Larry - if you're having technical problems, have you reached out to Support directly? Any problems that they find out about are immediately forwarded to our technical team and developers for a resolution. We always encourage people to pursue technical issues through Support, since that keeps us informed and starts the process of creating any necessary fixes. There may also be some known alternative options.

http://www.bigstockphoto.com/contactus.html

pling - That one question is answered in our FAQ.

https://www.bigstockphoto.com/account/tax-center/tax-center-faq.html

Are taxes withheld at the time that the money was earned, or at the time of payout?
Taxes are deducted from your earnings at the time of payout.

As always, we don't regularly monitor these forums - please contact Support with any questions and they'll be happy to help you. That's always the fastest path for a resolution. We also have a "feedback@" email address for wishes, rants, or general feedback about features (insert bigstock.com to the end of that). We do read those emails and take all of your feedback under consideration. Of course, feedback@ isn't the place to send support requests when something's broken. It's the email address to use when you're keywording photos and something is making you less efficient and you want to let us know.

Thanks for your continued support. Everyone has seen the exciting updates we've made in the past few months and there are many more things to come.

Best,

Scott
Product Manager
Bigstock

Thanks!

I finally got it through with the help of support.

-Larry

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Author Topic: Tax Forms Appeared (Read 17411 times)

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mantonino

RacePhoto

donding

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Sandralise

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Phil

Microbius

madelaide

pling

Lcjtripod

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