Tax costs and fees for sellers

One tax cost comes out of your earnings: the actual cost of filing your annual tax form (Form 1099-K). Esano pays for sales tax calculation itself, and its listed fees don't include VAT or similar taxes that may apply.

What Esano pays

Esano keeps 20% of each item price and pays card processing and sales tax calculation fees out of it. You don't pay anything extra when a buyer is charged sales tax. See how sales tax affects your earnings for an example.

Taxes on Esano's fees

The fees listed for sellers don't include VAT or similar taxes that may apply. Esano gives sellers at least 14 days' notice before any platform fee changes.

The 1099-K filing cost

If a Form 1099-K is filed for your shop, the actual cost of filing it is deducted from your next payout.

• The deduction never takes a payout below zero.
• If your next payout is too small, the rest carries to later payouts until it is recovered.
• If your shop closes before the full amount is recovered, Esano absorbs the remainder.
• Esano doesn't debit your bank account for it.

When an amount is waiting, your Payouts page shows a note that says how much "in actual tax-form costs will be deducted from future eligible earnings." It isn't overdue debt.

Read more about the form in Form 1099-K and your Esano sales.

Other payout deductions

Stripe charges its own payout fees, and amounts you owe from refunds or lost disputes are offset against future earnings. For everything that can come out of a payout, see what can be deducted from my payout.