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Post by benziger on May 31, 2020 19:29:35 GMT
Lulu's cover designer is a nightmare, but I finally made my cover. However now Lulu wants me to fill in tax forms which I've never had to do before. Anyway I downloaded the form and was told I'd have to buy a progamme in order to open the file. I guess I'll not be able to publish any more books on Lulu. I've spent enough time and money. Oh well!!! Larika, before buying something, please tell me. I'm a friend of open source software and in most case I can advise a free alternative.
My PC runs with a free operating system (Lubuntu Linux instead of Windows), I go to the internet with Firefo instead Ineternet Explorer, I write letters, etc. with LibreOffice instead Word, I use Gimp and not Photoshop, etc. etc. It works and its free. (you can do a donation or help to improve the software: translating, coding, ...) <- I wrote this in small caracters, because it is not for Larika's eyes.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2020 15:18:51 GMT
Lulu's cover designer is a nightmare, but I finally made my cover. However now Lulu wants me to fill in tax forms which I've never had to do before. Anyway I downloaded the form and was told I'd have to buy a progamme in order to open the file. I guess I'll not be able to publish any more books on Lulu. I've spent enough time and money. Oh well!!! Larika, before buying something, please tell me. I'm a friend of open source software and in most case I can advise a free alternative.
My PC runs with a free operating system (Lubuntu Linux instead of Windows), I go to the internet with Firefo instead Ineternet Explorer, I write letters, etc. with LibreOffice instead Word, I use Gimp and not Photoshop, etc. etc. It works and its free. (you can do a donation or help to improve the software: translating, coding, ...) <- I wrote this in small caracters, because it is not for Larika's eyes.
Thank you benziger but I really think I shouldn't have to fill in US tax forms. I live in the UK and never had to before. I contacted Lulu customer service 2 days ago but havent had a reply.
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Post by benziger on Jun 1, 2020 21:36:53 GMT
I really think I shouldn't have to fill in US tax forms. I live in the UK and never had to before. Yes, Larika, that's a different problem. Pretty annoying. We know it in Switzerland too. This is pure blackmail: "You are an evil tax haven. Stick to our laws and dance to our tune or your banks will lose their license with us. And there will be a trade war or punitive tariffs for your economy. Shh, we in Delaware do the same thing with your money, that's a whole different thing." In short, it's a power of the strongest. What are these tax forms about? The U.S. lets companies withhold 1/3 of our profits and turn it over as taxes to prevent us evil, foreign, uncontrollable tax evaders from evading taxes. We are basically criminals. Unless we prove otherwise. And that's where the form comes in. Now, if the evil foreign country has an agreement with the USA to avoid double taxation (Switzerland has, the UK probably does too), we confirm to the Americans that we pay taxes in our tax haven. Then Lulu is allowed to distribute all the profits to us. This is the same with other American providers. Using the information on the form, the US Internal Revenue Service can ask at Westminster if you're suspected of paying income tax and if you declare at least as much income as you earned with Lulu. The question is how much you earn with your books. If you write bestsellers and make a living from them, you will certainly pay tax on your royalties. If you live on other income and earn a little pocket money, it may be tax-free (in Switzerland <2300 per annum) or at least not relevant (a question of tax honesty, but also of national law. In Switzerland, for example, there is a difference between tax fraud [intentional - punishable by law] and tax evasion [e.g. forgetting to declare some extra money - for the first time only retroactive tax is due]). The other variant is: Use your own ISBN. Then the taxes are due elsewhere: Where the ISBNs are registered. Maybe a small publisher from Canada or France will give you shelter, because ISBNs are given instead of sold as part of their cultural promotion.
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Post by benziger on Jun 1, 2020 21:50:56 GMT
In practice, it looks something like this when the IRS comes to Westminster (which shows how ridiculous it is, but because we don't want to start a trade war, we still take it a bit seriously).
Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II
to the Sheriff of Nottingham
We have a tax affair with these rude Americans. Send a mounted messenger to M... at once, to ascertain whether our subject Larika has paid the bailiff a tithe on the 12 pounds of royalty she earned A.D. 2017 writing a book.
Issued by the Royal Chancellor of the Exchequer
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Jun 1, 2020 22:45:24 GMT
In practice, it looks something like this when the IRS comes to Westminster (which shows how ridiculous it is, but because we don't want to start a trade war, we still take it a bit seriously).
Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II
to the Sheriff of Nottingham
We have a tax affair with these rude Americans. Send a mounted messenger to M... at once, to ascertain whether our subject Larika has paid the bailiff a tithe on the 12 pounds of royalty she earned A.D. 2017 writing a book.
Issued by the Royal Chancellor of the Exchequer
In the U.S. I believe you have to garner at least US$300 from royalties in order for it to be taxable, thereby requiring a U.S. citizen or legal resident to file Schedule C along with a form 1040 at tax time. Find a PDF of the required tax form, download it, fill it in by hand, scan it, and email it back when Lulu Press Support replies.
I don't owe taxes on the pittance I've earned so far [going on over seven years], but the High Sheriff of Rottingham can keep the change. I'll keep the messenger long enough to butcher and cook the horse, even though mule meat tastes better [just my humble opinion].
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Post by potet on Jun 1, 2020 22:50:56 GMT
I discovered the first good thing for me in the new Lulu version : now the number of pages of a book can run from 2 to 800 pages! Until the change, it was limited to 740 pages.These extra 59 pages (the final one has to be blank) mean a lot for the revised version of my grammar of Tagalog.
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