YOUTUBE NEW POLICY FOR YOUTUBERS

 YouTube New Policy 

we'll walk you through important tax changes that may soon impact monetizing creators outside of the united states we know that tax information can be overwhelming so we're gonna walk you through everything you need to know about what's changing and the steps you need to take for even more detail let's dive in first what's happening if you're a creator outside of the u.s you may begin to have taxes deducted from your u.s earnings later this year google has a responsibility under chapter 3 of the us internal revenue code to collect tax information from all monetizing creators outside of the us and in certain instances to deduct taxes when these creators earn income from viewers in the us these us earnings can come from ad views youtube premium super chat super stickers and channel memberships so what does this mean for you over the next few weeks you'll be asked to submit your tax information in adsense here's how you find it in adsense go to payments and then manage settings you'll see an option to manage your us tax information there you'll be asked a series of questions to determine the appropriate tax form this online tax form will be available in your selected adsense language generally for creators outside of the us this will be either form w-8-b-e-n which is typically for individuals or form w-8-b-e-n-e which is typically for businesses if you're unsure about which forms you need to fill out you should consult a tax advisor note even if you're paid by an mcn you will still need to submit your tax info in the adsense account that's linked to your channel how much will you be taxed how much you'll be taxed depends on a few things it depends on if your valid tax form has been submitted or not how much your channel earns from us viewers and if your country has a tax treaty with the u.s that you've claimed the benefits for let's dive into each of these factors first is your tax form submitted once you submit a valid tax form you can find your tax withholding rate in the payment section of adsense tax withholding rates are between zero to 30 percent depending on your country and are applied to your monthly us earnings from adsense if you want to calculate your us earnings go to youtube analytics and then advanced mode then select the date range you want to look at since you're paid monthly we suggest setting the date range to look at the month you want to calculate then click geography from here add a secondary metric and choose your estimated revenue from there find the us in the list of countries below the graph to see your estimated us revenue for example if your withholding rate is thirty percent and you make two hundred dollars from the us every month sixty dollars would be withheld monthly now what happens if your tax form is not submitted if google does not have tax forms from you by the time these changes go into effect google will be required by law to presume you're a us person if you have an individual adsense account this means until we have your completed tax info we may need to withhold up to 24 percent of your total earnings worldwide not just your us earnings so the earlier you can get your forms in the better and finally does your country have a tax treaty with the u.s some countries have a tax treaty with the u.s that can potentially reduce the tax withholding rate on your revenue so if you submit your tax info and claim a treaty benefit your tax rate might be reduced for example partners in the uk or canada may be eligible for a tax rate of zero percent while partners in mexico or korea may be eligible for a tax rate of 10 percent adsense will automatically surface the opportunity to claim a treaty benefit if one exists between your country and the u.s to claim a tax treaty benefit you'll need to provide a non-us tax identification number in the tax identity section of the tax tool in adsense this is issued by your local tax authority or government or in some cases you can provide a u.s tax identification number like an employer identification number ein or an individual tax identification number itin to see a list of countries that currently have a u.s tax treaty check to the irs website for more detailed information on this tax requirement please check out our help center