iOS Paid Apps Contract - Tax Forms

[sleaver]

I've just requested the paid app contract and have a question about the tax forms.

I've filled in the US one, as the contract was pending tax information, but do I need to fill in the Japan, Australian and Canada forms? I live in the UK and am just a sole individule.

If the answer is along the lines of 'you don't have to' have people who have gone to all the trouble of filling them in, sending off to various places and getting them approved got them approved and/or seen any benefits?

[LiVe_DBG]

hi,

for all i know, canadian and australian tax forms are only relevant to people from those countries or for companies with a permanent establishment within those countries.

Anyway, apple withholds 20% tax for your sales in japan (that's the default rate), but, depending on your country, you can reduce this rate (in the best case to 0%) by sending in the japanese tax form 3, as described in the itc faq. but it's optional for european developers.

don't know if there's more to that or any "hidden" benefits. i'm not a lawyer or anything like that, so ... yeah!