The agreement assigns full responsibility for sales tax, VAT, and other transaction-related tax obligations to creators, explicitly stating that Teachable bears no responsibility for determining, collecting, or remitting taxes on creator sales.
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This provision places the obligation to determine applicable tax requirements, collect applicable taxes, and remit them to relevant tax authorities entirely on the creator. For creators selling to international audiences, this includes VAT, digital services taxes, and other jurisdiction-specific obligations.
Interpretive note: Marketplace facilitator laws in most US states and EU VAT rules for digital services may impose tax collection obligations on Teachable regardless of the contractual allocation in this clause; the practical application depends on transaction volume, jurisdiction, and Teachable's own compliance posture.
Under this clause, creators are solely responsible for all tax compliance related to their sales through the platform, including determining applicable tax rates, collecting taxes from students, and remitting taxes to relevant authorities. Teachable does not assume marketplace facilitator tax collection responsibilities under these terms, though applicable law in certain jurisdictions may impose such obligations regardless of contractual allocation.
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"You are solely responsible for determining what, if any, taxes apply to the payments you receive through the Services, and it is your responsibility to collect, report, and remit the correct tax to the appropriate tax authority. Teachable is not responsible for determining whether taxes apply to your transactions or for collecting, reporting, or remitting any taxes arising from any transaction.— Excerpt from Teachable's Teachable Terms of Use
1. REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision interacts with marketplace facilitator laws adopted in most US states, which require platforms to collect and remit sales tax on behalf of sellers above certain transaction thresholds. It also engages EU VAT rules for digital services (OSS scheme), UK digital services obligations, and various national digital services tax frameworks. Teachable's contractual assignment of tax responsibility to creators does not override statutory marketplace facilitator obligations where they apply. 2. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium to High for creators selling at scale or internationally. Creators may be unaware of their tax obligations in jurisdictions where they have no physical presence but generate sales, and the contractual assignment of responsibility does not protect them from tax authority enforcement. 3. JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU OSS VAT rules require platforms or sellers to account for VAT on B2C digital services across EU member states. UK VAT rules impose similar obligations. Multiple US states have marketplace facilitator laws that may require Teachable rather than individual creators to collect and remit sales tax regardless of this clause. Creators in Canada, Australia, and other jurisdictions face analogous digital services tax obligations. 4. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise customers and high-volume creators should assess Teachable's actual practice regarding marketplace facilitator tax collection in US states and EU VAT jurisdictions, as statutory obligations may override the contractual allocation in this clause. Tax counsel review is warranted for creators generating significant international revenue. 5. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Creators should conduct a tax nexus analysis for all jurisdictions where they have students, assess whether Teachable's payment infrastructure collects tax on their behalf under applicable marketplace facilitator laws, and implement appropriate tax collection and remittance procedures for jurisdictions not covered by platform-level compliance.
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This provision places the obligation to determine applicable tax requirements, collect applicable taxes, and remit them to relevant tax authorities entirely on the creator. For creators selling to international audiences, this includes VAT, digital services taxes, and other jurisdiction-specific obligations.
Under this clause, creators are solely responsible for all tax compliance related to their sales through the platform, including determining applicable tax rates, collecting taxes from students, and remitting taxes to relevant authorities. Teachable does not assume marketplace facilitator tax collection responsibilities under these terms, though applicable law in certain jurisdictions may impose such obligations regardless of contractual allocation.
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