Coming in June, Alas: Sales Tax (Patreon)

I wanted to let you guys know before it hits, Patreon is now being required to charge sales tax on pledges. The amount will vary depending on what pledge level and what jurisdiction you are in, but the laws actually requires that it be added on separately, and not taken out of the listed price for a product (or pledge, in this case). I would rather see it taken out of the pledge invisible to you, but that is not an option legally.

There have been a couple major court cases centered on states trying to collect sales tax from out of state sales, and they have mostly come down on the side of taxation.

Different jurisdictions have different definitions of what is and is not taxed, and one of the things I had to do as a creator here was to define what the different perks are, and what their different dollar values are. I figured that most of you are pledging primarily to support the work and not to buy the various perks, and so I put the value of the perks quite low. Happily, the "general support" sort of donation is most likely to be seen as tax exempt in most places. I hope this will minimize the impact on you, and that you will still find it worth supporting Forgotten Weapons!

Edit to add: This should not have any impact on Patrons outside the US. Folks in the EU already have the VAT applied, and that will not change or increase.