Fontspring got bought out. New Terms of Service.

James Puckett
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Fontspring is now owned by Dribbble and Creative Market. There are some new terms of service to read through, you’ll see them if you log in and try to view your sales reports.
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I just had to renew my tax information, and the electronic version of the FW8-BEN they made me fill out had number 10 here conspicuously missing:The website even informed me explicitly that I would likely suffer the 30% tax withholding if I didn't enter a Foreign Tax Identifying Number, which I'm apparently not legally required to have. It sounds to me like the whole purpose of this renewal is to cut my royalties by another 30%.I hope I'm missing something.0
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The tax withholding, if enacted, goes straight to the IRS and is not additional money for Fontspring (or its owners).
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Christian Thalmann said:It sounds to me like the whole purpose of this renewal is to cut my royalties by another 30%.I hope I'm missing something.0
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Why wasn't this a problem for all my previous W8-BENs? Did some law change?0
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Christian Thalmann said:Why wasn't this a problem for all my previous W8-BENs? Did some law change?1
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Aha! If I understand this correctly, I can use my Swiss social security number as my FTIN. That's fine, then.
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Yes, you should be able to use whatever identifying number is used by your local tax authority as the FTIN. I have never tried using a personal social security number for this purpose, but Canadian business numbers are accepted.0
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