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Would love EFT payment direct to my account.
As it is now I have to courier my cheques back to the US due to exchange controls in the country I live in.
Come on Google - this is a no brainer. PayPal allows it!
Anyoned actually tried emailing Adsense about this?
Yes, I did back in March. There was no way around it at that time. They insisted on sending the cheques to the address of record.
As a Canadian I could have opened a Canadian account with a Canadian address and bank however I would have had to change the code on all my ads on 3 sites and it just wasn't worth it. It may have also caused Canadian tax issues.
It would sure help my particular situation if they could figure a way to do it.
As mentioned PayPal allows you to deposit to a US$ account in the US even if you don't live there.
It's not allowed because of tax reasons.
That's not a valid argument.
They could have me sign a non-resident tax form. They have already proved with the pin number and the cheques they have mailed that I am at the address I say I am. I am not a US citizen nor do I have any kind of US residency.
If PayPal can do it so can Google.
it's good it's not allowed, everyone would do it just to get the american dollar. everyone should get paid in their conversion rates for their own country.
Some mornings I just shouldn't open some threads :-)
it's good it's not allowed, everyone would do it just to get the american dollar. everyone should get paid in their conversion rates for their own country.
Sorry, what? Why? Are you under the illusion that it's difficult to obtain US dollars?
(That said, I'm happier to be paid in euros than in dollars; the dollars would generally have lost value between cheque being issued and me recieving it...)
If google transfers the money to my swiss bank account, how can the country I live in tax me? They would know nothing about my swiss bank account.
well, then how about this:
actually live in a Swiss city for a couple of months, open an account, setup EFT, then go where ever you want...
If I was Google I wouldn't pay into US bank accounts for people who are not based in the US.
People can have a US dollar account in their home country if they want to. People are still liable to tax, whatever bank the cheque (or EFT) is paid into.
If PayPal can do it so can Google.
The difference is PayPal isn't "paying" you, they are acting as a banking intermediary.
You aren't working for PayPal, earning commissions from PayPal and PayPal is not your vendor/customer. Whatever money PayPal sends you is money you've earned from another source, and from what I understand, that source is the one that has to worry about the tax issues involved.
Since Google is paying you for a service (ad space on your site), I think there are other tax implications involved for them.
They could have me sign a non-resident tax form. They have already proved with the pin number and the cheques they have mailed that I am at the address I say I am. I am not a US citizen nor do I have any kind of US residency.
I think the fact that you are not a US citizen and have no US residency, BUT you do have a US Bank Account is what muddies the tax issues.
The local currency could go up in smoke at any time as it has numerous times over the last 20 years.
