Sales Tax Update (Patreon)

Hey folks!

I wanted to write up a quick post explaining some changes you may have already caught wind of that might affect some of your pledges. Due to some new laws passing in several countries and US states, Patreon will be required to start charging sales tax on certain pledges starting July 1st. 

Less  than half of all patrons site-wide will be charged sales tax and the  amount will be rather 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. So as you can see it will be a bit difficult for me to personally say whether or not your individual pledge will be affected (Patreon will be going public themselves with this information on June 1st).

In the meantime, I'm working with some support staff and tools Patreon has provided to make sure that in regards to your pledge on my page that I'm minimizing the effect of Patreon's compliance with these law as much as possible.

If you’re in a location where sales tax will be required, you  should expect to receive an email from Patreon with more information  about this very soon, but I wanted to make sure you were aware of these  changes far ahead of July 1st when they go into effect. 

If you have questions I will try my best to answer them, but you should also be able to find answers here. If you still have questions that I can't answer, the best place to go would likely be Patreon’s customer support team, here. 

As always, thank you so much for your support!