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Messages - warren0909
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« on: January 07, 2010, 18:26 »
Linn,
Your dead right I did put it on one of the forums in bold it is important to at least fill in one of the W forms, at least its a lot less hassle than applying for an ITIN number and can be done and submited on the Fotolia site.
And yeah its good that they say they are still going to send out the letters you never know if and when things change !!
Warren
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« on: January 06, 2010, 18:50 »
Hey all, Yeah great news, and its all down to the power of people, if only Fotolia had thought about this first before rushing in, but hey alls well that ends well, I was very lucky and had no US sales since Jan 1st and in all honesty havent had loads anyway, but its the pricipal and we shall now all go back to uploading  Thanks to all who helped we did a grand job  Warren
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« on: January 03, 2010, 10:59 »
If only I had the Email address of Fotolia CEO
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« on: January 03, 2010, 10:56 »
Right
If you have filled out a W-8BEN form without a ITIN number you will still be taxed 30% on US sales as Fotolia are insisting you need this ITIN number as Fotolia have not yet sent out any letters to those who have requested them that means most non US contributors will be taxed. I did get Fotolia to agree to send out these letters but you know what they are like so everyone is still waiting to see if we do indeed get them in the post.
It is Fotolias policy to take tax off every US sale if you do not have this ITIN number.
Now as for people reporting that tax has been taken off all sales well that I would think would be Illigal and you should send a strong message to support telling them this MUST STOP (this has not happened to me in fact not had any US sales so far this year)
It makes me think, are Fotolia taking tax off all sales when the contributor has not filled any type of form in at all ? , as I say this has not happened to me as I have a W-8BEN form filled in without an ITIN and validated on Fotolia but I will still have to pay30% tax on US sales.
Fotolia must wake up to this before they lose some very good and promicing artists it such a sad sad situation and need sorting out as soon as poss BY FOTOLIA !
Warren
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« on: December 31, 2009, 11:56 »
He He,
I thought we had all got banned for a moment !!
Eireann, Im in the same boat as you my thinking is that it would be far too much for Fotolia to post all these letters out to contributors and they would think of a way round it, you never know !!
Linn, lets hope thousands ask for the letter to be posted, Ive a feeling things may well move on after the New Year, But I could well be wrong !!
Warren
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« on: December 30, 2009, 18:34 »
Any body here knows what happens when you get banned from the forum ? coz not sure if I have cant get into the forum all I get is this error message
Error: Unable to write bans cache file to cache directory. Please make sure PHP has write access to the directory 'cache' .
its the word bans thats worrying !!
Warren
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« on: December 30, 2009, 12:23 »
Right !!!!! if you read the posts on Fotolia forum you will see that I may have got somewere ! here is the last reply I got from Fotolia looks like we can now get letters posted to us i know this means that we still have to get the ITIN number but at least with the proper paperwork we souldnt get it all sent back fronm the IRS !! Now just need to know where to go from here with regards to the W-7 form and passport etc if anyone knows please let me know will have to do it all after the New Years Hangover !! Dear Warren,
Thank you for update.
Our finance dept will draft a letter with your information and send to you in the post.
Kind regards,
Fotolia Team U.K.All the very best for the New Year to everyone (need a new keyboard now ) Warren
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« on: December 30, 2009, 05:32 »
Just got this reply :-
Dear Warren,
Thank you for your e-mail. Ok, just waiting feedback on these points from our finance team.
Kind regards,
Fotolia Team U.K.
0208 816 72 84
Lets wait and see !!
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« on: December 30, 2009, 05:06 »
Just got a reply from my last message to suport !!!!!! here it is :-
Dear Warren,
Thank you for your e-mail. If you are referring to the W7 form, this can be arranged but we do send out digitally. I will have one prepared and emailed to you asap.
Kind regards,
Fotolia Team U.K.
0208 816 72 84
So sent another just to press the point over to them .... here is the reply to the above :-
Hiya,
An emailed letter will just be sent back from the IRS as this has happend before with other microstock agencies I need a letter posting to my address as do all contributors who require a ITIN number I do know this will be a pain but just as you have to abide by the rules of the IRS, then so do we !
Thanks
Warren
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« on: December 24, 2009, 16:44 »
We will see Linn !! I know !!!, Fotolia are saving the news (that we dont need the ITIN) till Christmas day as a Christmas prezzie Right must go get my Santa outfit on now you all have a great Christmas Warren
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« on: December 22, 2009, 16:03 »
Done!............ all the best good luck
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« on: December 22, 2009, 11:35 »
Right, Linn, Denis, Princess and everyone else I have had a reply to my questions to fotolia heres what I asked :- Hiya,
You are probably aware of the distress this is causing a lot of people here can you PLEASE Clear up the following point and if you cant can you find somone who can.
1 Do we need an ITIN number ?
2 If we dont get an ITIN number will tax be deducted from US sales at 30% and will it be only US sales ?
3 If 30% will be deducted how will we know its from US sales ?
4 Why is Fotolia insisting on an ITIN number when other agencies are not ?
Could this be delt with as a matter of urgancy people are genuinly upset and annoyed by the lack of information we have had from Fotolia regarding this and it needs to be sorted soonest.
People are going to great expence and trouble to get ITIN numbers which other sites say they dont need I've seen papers that say we dont need them and papers that say we do ! (more that say we dont !)
Its putting people off uploading to Fotolia and this is not good for anyone.Heres the reply :-Hello Warren,
1) Yes, to enjoy treaty benefits an ITIN is required with form submission.
2) Without ITIN with form submission there will be 30% W/H on US sales.
3) You will be provided the information to determine the US sales.
4) Fotolia must comply with IRS tax regulations relating to this matter.
Please contact your tax advisor or the IRS for additional guidance.
Kind regards,
Fotolia Team U.K.
0208 816 72 84
Thanks And heres my reply to that :-Thank you for your reply to my questions re the tax issue you have clearly stated that to recive these tax treaty benefits we need a ITIN number you also state in the last part of your reply Fotolia must comply with IRS tax regulations in this matter.
With this in mind could you please send me by post NOT EMAIL a ORIGINAL LETTER ON FOTIOLIA'S LETTERHEAD, ADDRESSED TO ME AND STATING MY ACCOUNT NUMBER WITH FOTOLIO
As you well know I MUST COMPLY WITH THE IRS TAX REGULATIONS IN THIS MATTER.
Thank you for your help
WarrenIt might be a good idea for everyone who wants this ITIN number to ask the same using the "I MUST COMPLY WITH IRS REGS.........." then lets see what happens Have a great Christmas all Warren
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« on: December 22, 2009, 07:06 »
Yeah welcome Linn nice to see you here Warren
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« on: December 21, 2009, 16:29 »
Just sent this to support lets see what we get back !!
Hiya,
You are probably aware of the distress this is causing a lot of people here can you PLEASE Clear up the following point and if you cant can you find somone who can.
1 Do we need an ITIN number ?
2 If we dont get an ITIN number will tax be deducted from US sales at 30% and will it be only US sales ?
3 If 30% will be deducted how will we know its from US sales ?
4 Why is Fotolia insisting on an ITIN number when other agencies are not ?
Could this be delt with as a matter of urgancy people are genuinly upset and annoyed by the lack of information we have had from Fotolia regarding this and it needs to be sorted soonest.
People are going to great expence and trouble to get ITIN numbers which other sites say they dont need I've seen papers that say we dont need them and papers that say we do ! (more that say we dont !)
Its putting people off uploading to Fotolia and this is not good for anyone.
Thanks
Warren
Wait and see ehhh !!
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« on: December 21, 2009, 15:41 »
Princess
Yeah it is Denis,
Havent had time to read the above properly yet but one worrying thing is another thread on the Fotolia forum (think its in the Cafe) about requesting payment and those payments not forthcoming some date back to Dec 1st !!
If Fotolia carry on with this insistance that we need this ITIN number a number of points need to be known
1 How much tax will we pay 30% ?
2 Will this be only taken from US Sales ?
3 How will we know that it will only be taken from US sales ?
4 If payment requests as above are not made till after Jan 1st 2010 will tax be taken from sales before Jan 2010 ?
in fact I can think of many more questions that need answering but will we get those answers ?
Warren
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« on: December 21, 2009, 09:27 »
Anyone here with fotolia and and other stock sites who have had to do the tax thing can they please let me know on here how the other sites dealt with it.
did they have to get an ITIN number?, what forms had to be filled in ect ect.
just post here and lets see how other sites have delt with it may give us some ammo at Fotolia, Im only with Fotolia and Bigstock and I know at Bigstock all I had to do was tick a box saying I was from the UK.
Fotolia just dont seem to grasp the distress this is causing many people.
Thanks in advance
Warren
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« on: December 20, 2009, 06:01 »
Princess Hiya
If you look at one of my last posts on the fotolia forum re this, I logged into my bigstock account the other day and all I had to do with regards this tax thing was tick a box saying I was from the UK !!!!
Warren
PS Nice to see you here Princess you will have to get a photo of yourself loaded lol
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« on: December 20, 2009, 05:54 »
Not had any probs as yet but cant cash in yet as Im in - credits due to someone buying quite a lot of my photos and illustrations using a stolen credit card !!!! 
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« on: December 19, 2009, 06:42 »
Merry Christmas and all the very best for the New Year to all
Warren
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