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Did you end up getting that tax issue answered/fixed? I've been waiting on a reply from support regarding that issue for 3 weeks, but no response to my email yet.

Edit: let me clarify to see if we're running into the same issue. The first reply I got when I asked about this issue on July 1st is

"Thanks for reaching out. We recently made a change which defers the tax validation process which may detect the final withholding rate.

You final withholding rate will be available by the time you are requesting a payout.

If the issue persists and you need to retake the tax interview, you can do so through the following link:

https://itch.io/user/settings/seller/tax-information?retake

Thank you, let us know if you need further assistance."

I already retook the tax interview just before reaching out to support, I think (I filled it in twice anyway). I read the email and understood it as, "it might take a while to show up, wait until you can request your payouts". Which I did, but on July 8th the tax rate was still at 30%, at which time I sent a second email (no reply).

I just filled it in a third time, getting the confirmation that my tax withholding rate should be 0% IN the interview, but the issue persists.

Edit 2: Just figured this out, but replying here in case anyone wants to search for this on the forums. The "available for payout" amount reflected the 30% tax rate amount. But once I requested a payout, something seemed to click in the system and the warning is now gone in the tax info tab, and the actual payout reflects the 0% withholding rate.

Thank you very much for the information! It is weird that Itch does not notify people of this issue, though. It could save tons of wasted time.

I know, I've been spending a lot of time trying to troubleshoot this. :') But yeah, hoping some people will find this instead of emailing support and then waiting.

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Yeah I was about to reply this, apparently, according to a lot of users in the forum, IF you did everything correctly, the withholding rate under your Profile Settings will update and show the correct amount upon requesting your first payout. Itch should really just put it in the warning message they display, it would save a ton of forum posts that way.

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Oh then I guess I should have searched a bit more thoroughly! Oh well, I guess I just added one more message about this for people to find.

No worries, I did the same. I didn't find it at first so I emailed them. It's really counter-intuitive the way it works.