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If you purchase any Services, you will provide complete and accurate billing information, including a valid payment method.
Customer will: (a) only withhold amounts required under law; (b) make timely payment to the proper taxing authority of such withheld amount; and (c) provide Smartsheet with proof of such payment within thirty (30) days following that payment.
Customer will make all payments of Fees to Baseten free and clear of, and without reduction for, any withholding taxes; any such taxes imposed on payments of Fees to Baseten will be Customer's sole responsibility...
"If you fail to provide such information, or if it is incomplete or inaccurate, Patreon may withhold taxes from payments to you as required by applicable law.Excerpt from Patreon's Terms of Use
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The clause states: “If you fail to provide such information, or if it is incomplete or inaccurate, Patreon may withhold taxes from payments to you as required by applicable law.”
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