Tax FormsJuly 10, 2012
I recently received an email from App World on the subject of setting up tax forms. They provide a PDF with some information on the reasons for submitting the W-8 tax form for the United States, which is that otherwise developers are required to pay the maximum rate of 30% for sales into the US.
So I started investigating, and it is a bit of a rabbit hole.
The W-8 form asks for you to enter a tax identification number. But I don't have one, so another form needs to be filled out and mailed to the IRS. But that form requires you to know information about tax treaties between the US and Canada, so you are directed to a giant document detailing various tax treaties between the US and other countries, which I don't understand.
And on top of all that, one of the forms requires that you get a photocopy of your passport notarized by a notary public.
What a mess. Knowing how many Canadian devs there are, I'm not sure why RIM doesn't provide some more explicit guidance on whether or not it is worth going through all of this trouble. Why not tell devs directly the scenarios in which it makes sense to go through all of this trouble? It seems very inefficient for each developer to have to do all of this investigation -- it's duplicated effort.
I've posted this on the forums:
http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/BlackBerry-App-World-Development/Tax-Forms/td-p/1805935And I've emailed: customersupport@blackberrycommerce.rim.com
Update:
See here for some answersThe Importance of App VideosJuly 9, 2012
Typically I don't create any kind of video to demonstrate my apps, either as a sales pitch, nor as instructions.
But I do wonder: If I got proficient at creating videos, would they help sales? Would they improve the user experience? Would it help me market my apps? etc.
I may start giving this a shot.
b10dev.netJuly 9, 2012
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