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Gross revenue is the total net sales you have accumulated for that project. Note that if you make a withdrawal, gross revenue is not reset.

Available balance is an estimate of the money you will actually receive after all applicable deductions.

Deductions can be divided into three parts: the transaction fee charged by PayPal or Stripe, which is usually around $0.50 USD plus 3% of each transaction

Itch percentage, which is 10% by default.

Withholding tax: If you haven't made any withdrawals yet, your tax interview hasn't been validated, and the ESTIMATE balance is calculated using a 30% withholding tax on all your sales.
When you request a withdrawal, Itch will validate your interview and calculate the final withholding tax based on your country of residence. This final withholding tax only applies to sales originating from the USA, and this calculation is only done when you request a withdrawal.

Note: Validating your tax interview costs $3, which will be deducted from your first withdrawal.


Example for ESTIMATE balance:

12 - (0.5 + 12*3% PAYMENT FEE) -12*30% WITHHOLDING TAX - 12*0% ITCH REVENUE = 7.54 per sale * 7 sales = 52.78  approximate

How much do you actually receive?

It will depend on your country of residence and the countries of your buyers. The estimate Itch uses for available balance is the worst-case scenario, where you live in a country that doesn't have a tax treaty with the USA and all your sales were made from the USA.

In the best-case scenario, your withholding tax is 0%, so you only need to deduct the payment fee

Thank you! Your explanation was very easy to understand.

If 30% withholding tax is included, the amount of available balance is quite close.

I'm sorry to bother you, but could you let me ask one more question?

My country has a tax treaty with the US, so I'm not subject to the 30% withholding tax. I have submitted the W8BEN-I to itchio as proof.


Therefore the estimated balance should be:

12 - (0.5 + 12*3% PAYMENT FEE) - 12*0% WITHHOLDING TAX - 12*0% ITCH REVENUE = 11.14 per sale * 7 sales = 77.98 approximate

The available balance is listed as $54.81, can I withdraw $77.98?

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Remember that the available balance is only an estimate. The final amount you receive is only calculated when you request a withdrawal, not before, and in my experience, you always receive more than the available balance indicates.

Also, since you haven't requested your first withdrawal yet, your interview hasn't been validated, so the system is currently showing your 30% tax withholding. Don't worry, when you request your first payment, Itch will validate your interview, correct the tax withholding, and pay you the correct amount.

In any case, when you get paid, you can download a document with the details for your review, but in my experience, Itch has never made a mistake when paying me.

Thank you very much! Thanks to you, I finally understand how itchio works!