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linuxftw
on Aug 22, 2022
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Ask HN: Our users don't want to pay taxes
Stick the 'any gross payments over $600' bit somewhere in your terms of service, operate as normal until people hit that threshold, stop disbursing money to them once they've hit that threshold and require them to provide the tax id.
That's going to be what everyone does.
behringer
on Aug 22, 2022
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This exactly. I think op is missing the very first rule of business.
Always
take the customer's money.
datavirtue
on Aug 22, 2022
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And now your customers hate you.
linuxftw
on Aug 22, 2022
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The alternative is they're not your customers, so what is lost?
isbvhodnvemrwvn
on Aug 22, 2022
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You will have a shitton of bad press. Doesn't matter if it's right or wrong as in this case, it is still going to affect you.
linuxftw
on Aug 22, 2022
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There's no such thing as bad press for a very niche market, and again, anyone that doesn't like the rule wouldn't use the platform.
thijsvandien
on Aug 22, 2022
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To the contrary, niches can be small worlds where stories spread quickly, since everyone knows each other.
behringer
on Aug 23, 2022
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Yeah don't use xyz they make you pay your taxes. What scumbags.
datavirtue
on Aug 23, 2022
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Exactly.
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That's going to be what everyone does.