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Issues with Tax Interview

A topic by kato-san created May 31, 2018 Views: 3,203 Replies: 19
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My problem is that I selected 'Collected by itch.io, paid later'
where i need to complete a 'Tax interview' in orden to receive my money but they don't leave me add my email. 
every time I try, this problem appears. My email only have number and letters. 

Pinned ReplyAdmin (1 edit)

Edit: For anyone that comes to this topic and is having issues submitting the tax form. Can you contact us and we'll get you talking to the correct person. If it's an issue on our end we'll help you get through, otherwise, we'll get you in touch with the company that builds the tax form so they can help you.

I can forward this bug to the company that manages the form. In the meantime, I've noticed that sometimes if you tab out and back into the field and retype the value it might cause the error message to clear. Tell me if you're able to get it working.

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I tried it and didn't working.

 

Admin

Have you tried going back and forth in the form. Or starting over from scratch? (I know this isn't ideal, but I'm trying to get a better idea of what's going on for when I report it)

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I have tried everything! I have like 5 hours tried! I have going back and forth in the form, change my email and nothing works. 
What is weird is that went I select  corporation, my itch account email appears. ...But I'm not a corporation.


Admin (1 edit)

Alright, is it possible to share the email address you're entering? You can send it to support@itch.io (with a link to this topic so we know what it's for)

Thanks

Thanks, I send it. I hope a answer. 

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I had the same problem. I got to the very last stage of the interview, and it kept rejecting my information. It turns out it forgot my e-mail address, so I had to go all the way back to that first page, type in another e-mail address, and then proceed to the end. It finally worked after I did that. The tax interview website seems pretty buggy! Good luck.

Admin

Thanks for the feedback. I agree it is buggy. I'm collecting feedback to send back to them. (This is the same service used by Humble Bundle & Steam)

Moderator

Having the same problem on the very first page. Can't help but notice that the error message doesn't list the @-sign as a valid character...

Can I at least get my currently pending payout without having to fill out that damn tax interview? Pretty please?

Admin

Sorry for the trouble, we're in talk with the people now to get the issue resolved. It appears to be related to an email mismatch, and the error message being shown is incorrect. Could you make sure you enter the same exact email address you have on file for your itch.io account? I've added additional instructions to the tax information page.

Moderator

Of course I used the exact same e-mail. I don't have that many. By now my fingers type it automatically.

I already complete the tax interview, my email suddenly entered and I have no more problems.  If I find some other problem, I will tell it.
by the way, I put the same email I remove the accents of my last name, will it have something to do?

My email contains an underscore  "_" character. Am I now screwd or will they fix their form some time in the future? What even is it with their restrictions? Why not allow all characters, that are listed in the email address standard?

Admin

There shouldn't be an error for having an underscore in your email address. Make sure the email address you enter matches the one shown on the page before you enter the interview. The error message shown is not clear.

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And like the others before me: I am using the right address. I tried it several times and the only thing I am getting is this error:

The valid characters are alpha, numeric, blank, ampersand (&), hyphen(-), comma (,), apostrophe(’), forward slash (/), pound sign (#), and period (.)

Edit: It worked now. Apparently my name was the problem, because it contained a "ß". This form is so stupid... -_-

Admin (2 edits)

Sorry, I'll try to make a note on the interview start page about special characters in names. We reached out to the people who provide the tax system about this issue and they said that the IRS's system does not allow non-ASCII characters when doing a digital submission. Your best bet is to use the closest character as possible. It's most important that your tax identification number is correct.

The hint about special characters should help a lot. What would also be a great addition is if they highlight the field in which they encounter an error. That way I would have known it was about my name and not the email address.


By the way how long does it usually take after doing the interview that I see the result in my itch.io profile?

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everywhere you go, you will have to pay taxes. itch.io is one of the only sites i know that is way lower because of the "name your percentage". Other places like amazon, steam and gog is fix percentage.

I have the same problem. I'm clicking on continue but nothing happen..........

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