Unity - I have problem here…
First of all - Hello to everybody. So I received this kinda e-mail from Unity Asset Store (to be maximum correct:
from: publisher_inquiry@unity3d.com ) and here it’s contents:
Hello ******,
Thank you for taking the time to read this message.
We are required by US law to obtain documentation prior to making certain payments, including payments to a foreign entity or individual. We have developed an user-friendly online tax interview that will help guide you to provide us with your tax information.
Please access the tax interview using the link below and complete the tax interview by December 31, 2018. Please note that, as per the Asset Store Provider Agreement, any and all future payments may be suspended if we do not receive your correct tax information by this date.
To help protect the security of your taxpayer information, please do not respond to this e-mail with your tax information or share it over the phone.
Please take the tax interview by clicking here.
In order to help us match the tax interview with your account, we ask that you enter your publisher ID shown below to the Publisher ID field within the tax interview. This field is found within the Profile page below the Email field. Please be sure to enter the publisher ID shown below. You will be asked to complete the tax interview again if you fail to enter the publisher ID correctly.
Your Publisher ID: *****
This tax interview must be completed by the legal owner of the account. Please note that Unity uses Tax Identity Solutions LLC, a third-party tax provider, to receive and validate this additional documentation.
We have provided a tax interview FAQ that may provide answers to some of the questions you might have concerning this request for information and documents. If you have any further questions, please send your questions to publisher_inquiry@unity3d.com, an email alias set up only for questions on this topic.
Important Notice: None of the information in this document, nor any of the information resulting from your participation in the tax interview, constitutes or may be understood to constitute, any advice of any kind (whether legal, tax, or otherwise)s to you, your business, or your or your business’ tax structure or obligations, and you may not rely on it as such. Should you have any questions or concerns with respect to any of these matters, please contact your tax, legal, or other professional advisor.
Thank you for your assistance.
Team Unity
So - now, here is My questions to Unity Technologies:
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Why I received this message from Unity? And did this message come from Unity? Or this is some kind of scam? Please clarify this to me.
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Yes, i’m a publisher on Asset Store, but why after 3 years of my presence on Asset Store, Unity sends me this kind of e-mail only now?
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I saw similar thread ( [Solved] Possible Fake Unity Phishing Scam seeking Tax Info ) - but in email I’ve received yesterday, there is no word about Ads or something similar to them. So - what is it all about? About Ads payments, about Asset Store payments or what?
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A month ago or so I tried to participate in Unity’s Asset Store Affiliate program, but my application has been rejected - can this my attempt to participate in affiliate program somehow be connected with request from Unity’s Asset Store to provide my Tax info?
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I live in Azerbaijan and our Tax law doesn’t support VAT numbers. Instead of it, it supports TIN numbers (if i’m not mistaken). And also, I am registered in the tax of my country - so i’m ok with that. But, in publisher administration page of my account there is no field in which I can put my TIN number (there is place only for VAT number). So - question number 3 pops up again: What is it all about? About Ads payments, about Asset Store payments or what?
*I need my questions to be answered by Unity employees.
Thanks in advance