sales tax starting in July + state of the RC (Patreon)

Hello all!

Some of you may already be aware of the fact that Patreon will start charging some patrons sales tax starting July 1. 

Patreon hasn't officially announced this yet, but will be doing so soon. It's impossible to say exactly what this will entail with everybody's pledges, but this is what Patreon says on the topic:

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.

Again, this will be going into effect July 1, so it won't affect pledges for June. I wish I had more specific info I could give right now, but what I do know is that this will affect patrons in the US as well as 17 additional regions. 

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Things have been pretty unexpectedly overwhelming in the past few days and I've had a bit of a hard time focusing on making art. As some of you may know, I live in Minneapolis, and we are currently in the middle of an uprising following the murder of George Floyd. I know a lot of American cities are in a similar state of unrest right now. It's a deeply difficult time for our community (and many of yours). I plan to give away some sfw prints on twitter tonight or tomorrow in exchange for donations to some of my fav organizations supporting protestors, so please keep an eye out for that if that's something you'd be interested in. <3 

I wanted to post a few more things here before the end of the month but given the state of things I frankly forgot that today was the last day of May? Cry. So I'll be posting reallyvibing tier rewards as well as a patron comm later tonight--sorry in advance for all the notifs!

As always, your support is greatly appreciated. Love you guys!!! <3333