ACX is open to Residents of the US, Canada, UK and Ireland with valid tax info.

ACX requires all potential payees to provide valid taxpayer identification information in the tax information profile on ACX.com. The tax information profile collects the information needed to complete an IRS tax form (e.g., IRS Forms W-9 or W-8) which will be used to certify your US or non-US status, determine if your payments are subject to IRS reporting, and the rate of US tax withholding (if any) applicable to your payments. Please go to your account settings to complete the tax profile.

U.S. Publishers will have royalties earned in the prior tax year reported on the Form 1099-MISC. We issue these Forms on or before January 31 each year. Non-U.S. Publishers will have U.S. source income reported annually on the IRS Form 1042-S. We issue this form on or before March 15 each year, and it is an informational statement of your royalties and any amounts withheld during the prior tax year. For example, we will report any royalties paid from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014 on either Form 1099-MISC issued in January 2015 to U.S. Publishers or Form 1042-S issued in March 2015 to Non-U.S. Publishers. *The information on this page is not intended as tax advice and may not be used to support tax positions. We recommend that you consult with a tax advisor for any tax guidance.

Note:

• Non-US payees (publishers or narrators) must provide a tax identification number (ITIN for individuals or EIN for non-individuals ) if they are claiming treaty benefits or if their income is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business.
• Neither Audible nor ACX are registered for GST or HST. You may download a certificate of this for reporting purposes.
• Neither Audible, Inc. nor ACX are registered for VAT for the UK/Ireland. To fully determine and comply with your respective VAT obligations, we recommend contacting the production partner with whom you're contracted to determine their VAT status.

In this article:

• How do I complete or update the ACX tax forms?(US)
• How do I download my end of year tax forms?
• Why hasn't my tax information been validated yet? 
• Why am I receiving an error when trying to access the tax interview / tax dashboard?

How do I complete or update the ACX tax forms? (US)

U.S. tax regulations require ACX to collect information about your tax status under U.S. law using our short online tax survey accessible from the ACX Account page. You will need to complete ACX's tax Information survey and have your profile approved by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) before beginning the audiobook production process.

To complete the brief tax survey or update your tax information, follow these steps:

1. Sign in to your ACX account.
2. Select the drop-down menu near your name, then select Account Settings.
3. Select the Tax Info tab.
4. If this is your first time entering your tax information, select “Start tax interview.” In all other cases, select Go to Tax Dashboard.
5. Select Update Tax Profile. 

How do I download my end of year tax forms?

Your end of year forms are available to download in your ACX account. To securely download your form, follow the steps below:

1. Sign in to your ACX account.
2. Select the drop-down menu near your name, then select Account Settings.
3. Select the Tax Info tab.
4. Select Go to Tax Dashboard.

Your tax forms will be available to download from the section Tax statements on that page. 

Why hasn't my tax information been validated yet?

When you submit your tax information, the details are sent and verified directly by the IRS. If your taxes are taking longer than expected to be validated, it could be because:

• You provided a TIN number that was created less than 60 days ago. In this case, the IRS may take up to 60 days to validate your status. To validate your tax information more quickly, you may take the survey without providing a TIN, and take the survey a second time after 60 days with your TIN to proceed with your production on ACX.
• You haven't provided electronic consent for your signature, and you chose to submit your tax documents offline to Amazon directly. If you choose to send a hardcopy of the IRS form, it can take up to several weeks before your tax status becomes valid and if you choose to upload a scanned copy of the signed document, it can take up to a week to be validated. We recommend that you take the tax survey again and provide electronic consent to expedite the process.
• You need to update your tax information.
• The information you provided is invalid. Things like punctuation, abbreviations, capitalization, and spelling are common causes for validation to be delayed or rejected. Be sure to enter the information exactly as it appears on your tax documents.

Why am I receiving an error when trying to access the tax interview / tax dashboard?

Sign-up on ACX.com using your existing Amazon email and password, or by creating a new account. If you register for ACX using an account that is only connected to a phone number, you will be unable to complete the tax interview. Which is required to participate on the platform.

In order to add an email address to your Amazon account, log in to amazon.com and go to Account & Lists > Login & security.

Select Edit next to your email, enter your email, and complete the verification process by entering the one-time password sent to the phone number on file.