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« on: December 04, 2014, 10:50 »
Someone mentioned Saatchi. Perhaps they were structured a bit differently... I earn royalties at SS, I am from Canada so they are tax exempt. Perhaps Saatchi has it setup that Saatchi takes a commission from your earnings - therefore, I do believe U.S. sales may be taxable - even with a tax treaty.
And when I still worked in the corporate world 10+ years ago (maybe it's changed) whenever we opened up a U.S. business it was registered in the State of Delaware because the taxes were considerably lower. Maybe SS should move their head office to a mail box in Delaware if they are complaining about New York taxes!
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« on: December 03, 2014, 14:42 »
Wonder if our floundering sales are partly due to all the ex-exclusives getting up to speed as indies?
As norm, SS was 60% of my overall.
I am dropping Veer and Featurepics as soon as I get payout, but I may not be in micro by then. 56 cents to go on Veer.
353
« on: November 27, 2014, 10:17 »
They might still be processing on Canstock, but they are still pending on DT.
354
« on: November 26, 2014, 14:03 »
The email should of just said we will follow US tax law, and not Inject one of several scenarios the law allows.
"As a U.S. company, Getty Images (US), Inc. is required to follow Internal Revenue Service regulations, therefore withholding taxes may apply to your payments beginning in early 2015."
I don't see any scenarios in the email, it looks like they said exactly what you wanted it to say. Did you get a different email than me?
The opetive word is JUST. Quit trying to defend a poorly structured email. I am saying they shouldn't have said we may take out taxes. That is inferred in the first statement. They may also have w8 ....where does it say that? It doesn't. That's my point.
Funny, what I read it to say is "we MAY" ... IF we can get our $hit together and figure out how to withhold the right amount and submit it to the IRS within filing deadlines - otherwise, we will just collect from you retroactively several months after we were supposed to. We're sure eventually someone will graduate from U of Seattle that can figure this coding stuff out and we won't have too much downtime.
355
« on: November 26, 2014, 11:50 »
Ya Gostwick, Dec 2008 was worse for me. Not a plentiful month.
356
« on: November 26, 2014, 10:23 »
LAST month (October) I sold more individual sales than I have since 2011. Way more than any month in between. BUT they were mostly subs, so my RPD was only .62. Most months my RPD is around .9 which would have made October a pretty spectacular month! At the moment my earnings are tied with my July and August earnings. Nothing to complain about, nothing to brag about 
357
« on: November 25, 2014, 13:16 »
I have a release in my files for every single shoot... but I don't upload to each agency. Dreamstime for example prefers that you use the one release if the individual is in the same general age. Using the same release may also help your sales, because many of the sites have "more of this model" feature.
Istock however - will refuse your photo if the model release is dated differently than the exif on your upload! So need one every time. (I haven't uploaded there in 2 years, but I imagine it is the same.)
358
« on: November 24, 2014, 12:10 »
Someone needs to put "September 2013" in the title of this thread. It sounds like the opposite is true in 2014!
359
« on: November 19, 2014, 14:06 »
I do believe it is illegal in Canada with our strict privacy laws. You cannot even sent emails to your own clients here without them signing up in advance.
360
« on: November 19, 2014, 10:44 »
It's just that I feel a little bit dirty when I see those small amounts under the SOD. There is just no feeling like seeing that magic $178 or similar sitting in that column when you sit down with your coffee in the morning.
361
« on: November 19, 2014, 10:26 »
About taxes - when we sell at micros we can't put this income to company. It changed lately and the funniest thing is that even government couldn't make the decision how we must pay faxes   last decision is: even if you do company where you do photo service (weddings, children, etc), but you do micros yourself, you mustn't include micros income into company. It can be taxed as individual artist income and then you have 50% free as costs of production, and from next 50% you pay the taxes... (19% I guess, but not sure as my taxman is doing this for me).
Does the business have more writeoffs, would it help if the business charged an equipment rental for the micro photography to offset the earnings?
362
« on: November 19, 2014, 10:24 »
I'm in Canada and we pay too much. On the other hand, we have great health care, highways, schools ....
except horrible hockey teams! 
Uh-oh.... them's fightin words BB
363
« on: November 18, 2014, 13:05 »
I'm in Canada and we pay too much. On the other hand, we have great health care, highways, schools ....
numbers please
According to the Fraser Institute, in 2010 the average Canadian family paid 41% personal taxes (the same family paid 34% to clothing, food and shelter). I personally greatly benefit from the health benefits, I visit a Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist with extensive blood tests 6 times a year, ultrasounds about once a year and in recent past have had bone scan, MRI, endoscope and 8 day stay in hospital. I would definitely be bankrupt or likely dead because I couldn't afford to go for checkup in the first place. I live another day to work and pay my taxes! Provincial taxes vary quite a lot. When we moved to Manitoba from Ontario in July, you pay tax for the whole year based on the Province you resided on December 31 - not where you earned the income. We had to come up with more than 5K to make up the difference for half a year's wages in Ontario vs the tax rate in Manitoba. That hit us LARGE!
364
« on: November 17, 2014, 15:51 »
What is going on, did I sleep through November? When I went to bed last night there were still two weeks left
365
« on: November 16, 2014, 20:44 »
I have one of those Lastolite boxes and haven't used it in 6 or years. Pain in the a$$ and when shooting models it is pretty short and you still have to light the floor or it's grey.
But.... it could substitute as the biggest baddest softbox ever.
Hmm.... think I need to put that Lastolite on Kijijji.
366
« on: November 16, 2014, 01:32 »
I have always used white Savage paper, but I have one of these in black and it just pops open and sits against a wall. Fits in the back closet. They also have them without the floor cloth. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/541213-REG/Impact_BGSC_W_816_Super_Collapsible_Background.htmlIf you don't have time to wait for shipping, I always hear of people buying lovely cheap white vinyl on a roll from Home Depot or similar type of store, but I've never found it!
367
« on: November 14, 2014, 11:33 »
I can't understand why they would even want the customers who can only afford might-as-well-be-free!!!!
368
« on: November 14, 2014, 11:29 »
What a mess, is there some way to organize model releases on Fotolia? I have dozens of releases and it becoming a total aggravation finding and attaching them. I upload and sometimes they are placed at the top of the releases pile, sometimes in the middle, sometimes on the bottom. There is just no sense and I cannot see any way to sort them.
Am I missing something, how on earth do people with HUNDREDS of releases handle it?
369
« on: November 13, 2014, 12:07 »
Crap. I just started uploading a few pix after 3 years. I should just delete everything. I don't do video, but if the people making the decisions are that dense, what is next for the rest of the agency?
370
« on: November 12, 2014, 15:26 »
Or else always take a parachute Seriously though, thank heavens you are able to remind us about this!
371
« on: November 12, 2014, 10:15 »
Remembrance Day was yesterday, (Tuesday) and many took Monday and the weekend of also. But I had photos reviewed in 24 hours submitted on Friday.
372
« on: November 10, 2014, 11:01 »
There are indeed trade sanctions against Iran, the photographs would be considered "goods" and Istock is abiding by Canadian law, prohibiting: importing, purchasing, acquiring, shipping or transhipping any goods that are exported, supplied or shipped from Iran after May 29, 2013, whether the goods originated in Iran or elsewhere, subject to certain exemptions;I'm sorry this has happened to you as an individual, it really s*cks. There is more info here http://www.international.gc.ca/sanctions/iran.aspx?lang=eng
373
« on: November 09, 2014, 16:33 »
What the heck is wrong with Veer?
Had 1 photo sitting in "new". Uploaded ONE more and all of a sudden there's 5. Uploaded ONE more from a different folder and all of a sudden there are 7.
I have no idea where I am with them, I only upload now and then to maybe get some new action - and when I sort by newest, all kinds of photos from 1 or 2 years ago are showing up as Friday. I have no clue what I can upload that isn't already there!!!!
Cummon... I just want to earn 7 dollars and cash out and leave.
374
« on: November 07, 2014, 22:36 »
It wasn't the contributor fees for payouts, it was splitting the processing fees for the buyer's purchase with the contributor - "...but processing fees for image purchases on the website will now be shared equally between FotoArabia and the contributor. This additional cost will at most be 3% of the value of the purchase."
How is that "sharing" fees? What credit card charges more than 3% transaction fees? Amex, and no one accepts them. That is pushing "all" of the fees onto the contributor while profiting 1/4 or 1/2 percent.
375
« on: November 06, 2014, 14:51 »
I've never paid "cash" on Graphic River before (vs putting money into account to spend later), so this is the first receipt I've received that looks like this. What does the designer make on this? It was a $9 item. Seems very weird - I suppose the $1.8 is a service fee (on top of their Handling fee!) and the seller gets a percentage of the $7.20?
Description: Deposited $10.00 via paypal for:
Handling fee $1.00
Buyer fee $1.80
Item purchase $7.20
Invoice Total: $10.00
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