But have you already started the withdrawal process?
Itch only validates your interview when you request your first withdrawal (there's a $3 fee to validate the interview, which is deducted from your first withdrawal). Before that, the amount shown is only an estimate, not the actual amount, which is why it shows a 30% withholding.
When you complete the withdrawal process, a full report is generated showing all the exact amounts, and in my experience, I've never had a problem.
The problem is your interview won't be validated until you request your first withdrawal.
Without this, the value shown isn't the actual amount you'll receive. Note that you're not paid what the field says. Instead, once you request the withdrawal, Itch begins a process that (usually) takes between 10 and 15 days. During this time, Itch validates your interview and calculates all the exact amounts for each sale. Itch then generates a report (which, in my experience, has never had any errors), and from there, it pays you what you're actually owed (which doesn't necessarily match the estimated value you saw before starting the process).
I understand this may be a problem, but I'm just clarifying the official information and my own experience.
My last payment, the estimated value stated X, but when I started the process, I ended up receiving Y. But the important thing is that this Y value is correct because it's calculated accurately for each transaction.
In my case, many of my sales came from countries outside the US, and therefore, no tax withholding should have been applied to them. Therefore, the estimate Itch showed me on my Dashboard was different from the final value I was paid.
