Sales Tax + Patron Cleanup/Minor Tier Change (Patreon)

Just to note, most of this post won't result in any changes for most people, but I'd like to go over some things just to keep you all informed.

Sales Tax

The main thing is that on June 1st Patron is going to start having to implement some sales taxes on some tiers for some people in some places. Aye, this is pretty vague, and it's about all the information I got given. I'm working to figure out how this will affect everyone in our wee dungeon corner.

Less than half of all patrons will be charged sales tax, and for most, the amount will be very small. For example, sales tax rates in the US range from 4% to 11%, so on a $5 pledge, that would be between 20 cents and 55 cents.  

Whether or not you will be charged sales tax depends on your location, and what is considered taxable there. Not every pledge is taxable, not all benefits are taxable in every location, and sometimes only a fraction of a pledge will be taxable. The money that Patreon collects as a result of these laws are paid directly to local governments. 

Patron should also be sending out an e-mail regarding this to you directly if this affects you, and we will find out soon what is affected, and there is a public info page here.  If you an e-mail about this, it would be great if you get in touch with me and let me know, so I can understand more directly what is being affected.

Tier Changes

Most of the tier changes come down to wording, as I've tried to carefully word things to let it be clear what you are getting without sounding like a taxable good (and for ethics sake, I don't feel that these rewards are taxable anyway, I just wanted to take some time and choose my words more carefully).

One change that will be happening, after the responses to my Preview/Early Access polls this month, is that unfinished Previews of work will now only be available to $7/20 Patrons, and these will always be shown 2+ weeks before the public upload.

Early Access will be posted here 1 week before public upload and will still be available to all Patrons!

Patron Page Cleanup

I've also updated my Patron tier names and About page info, as it felt about time for a wee cleanup and update. 

This does not affect tiers or rewards and is really just me trying to make things feel prettier and more professional. 

I'll continue going over this for a bit to put some more graphics in and avoid it being less of just a text dump, and the Tier pictures will get an update too! I'd love to hear any feedback regarding the changes and if there's something you feel I've said that's weird, or missed, or if you have any suggestions for what the tier pictures should be! :)

I hope you have a wonderfully kinky day, my deviant dungeon dumplings! <3