Android: In app-billing VAT tax

Question

I have implemented In-app billing in my application, but have limited the in-app purchase function to a few countries/currencies, since I\'m note sure what my responsibilite

Answer 1

Google documentation here: VAT Guidelines

For any EU country plus Albania, Morocco, Norway and South Korea you don't have to report or deal with VAT currently but the rest is up to you unfortunately. I'm currently developing a paid app too and looked up on tax issues beforehand.

This is not an exact answer since rules about taxes can change overnight, also there are some controversial debates going on about how Google evades taxes but that is a discussion for another topic.

To give an example, for my country (Turkey) you have to prepare a report about your annual income amount if you are located here but even then some financial reporters claim that selling software is actually "renting" it so it cannot be taxed. My suggestion for you would be to update your billing strategy according to the link above and if any unwanted situation occurs oppose it with the given legal information.