The particulars of how to do your taxes will depend on your country. Also, the circumstances of what business type you need to be. But if you sell things for a living, you are a business. Natural people can do this, but you might need a license. And typically there will be a threshold of yearly income where rules would change.
How does GameJolt handle this, if at all?
they take care of all taxes plus VAT expenses. so you can sell a game from there without registering as a company. adding to that, for some, videogames are a work of art, that means taxes dont apply. we all go about it in different ways game development you see... so please take that in to considderation. not everyone wants to start it like having a business. thats the freedom we have that markets need to respect. and it would free up more people to get paid.
they take care of all taxes plus VAT expenses. so you can sell a game from there without registering as a company.
I am not sure about that. What I could find, they will report your earnings to the irs. Which might make some things more convenient.
But this would not change any requirement to register as a company, or how it is handled if you do not have a company, yet earn income from selling things.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=self-employment+tax&ia=web
videogames are a work of art, that means taxes dont apply
Where did you get this nonsense?
Some countries have exemptions for churches. Or actual charity donations, not the type of "donation" that is seen on Itch. But income is always taxable. It does not matter, if what you sell is "art".
