Google Adsense US tax information reporting & withholding

 

Submit US tax information

Important: Google can't provide advice on tax issues. For help with your tax situation, consult your tax adviser.

Depending on your location, Google may be required to collect tax-related information from you. If you have to provide your tax information to Google, you can do so from the Google payments center. Not everyone is required to provide tax information.

Provide tax information

1. Sign in to the Google payments center.
2. Under "Settings," next to "United States tax info," click Edit .
3. Click Manage tax information Add tax info.

To find your completed tax information, follow these same instructions.

Withholding & reporting

Google has a regulatory responsibility under Chapter 3 of the US Internal Revenue Code to withhold tax and report where a non-US partner receives US source income. It also has obligations under Chapter 61 and Section 3406 of the US Internal Revenue Code to perform backup withholding where applicable. The tax information submitted to Google is used to identify the correct rate of withholding on future payments made to you, where applicable. If reporting is applicable, Google provides a reporting form (Form 1042-S or Form 1099) annually.

Chapter 3 US tax withholding

If you've been validly documented as a non-US business or individual, only the portion of your revenue earned from US users is subject to US withholding taxes and reporting. These are revenues (such as advertising views, transactions, subscriptions) that are generated from usage in the United States. US partners should provide a valid US tax identification number to indicate exemption from US tax withholding (including under Chapter 3 of the US Internal Revenue Code).

The US withholding tax rate that applies is based on the tax documentation you’ve provided to Google.

If a valid tax form isn't provided, Google may apply backup withholding at 24% or chapter 3 withholding at 30% on applicable payments. This rate may only be reduced if you're a tax resident of a country or region that has an income treaty with the US and you provide a valid tax form with a valid treaty claim. You can find the finalized amount withheld in your monthly earnings report.

Backup withholding

In some cases, Google may be required to withhold 24% from payees on all eligible earnings, including:

• If the tax information entered on your tax form is found to be incorrect or inaccurate, and you’re presumed to be a US person under the US tax withholding presumption rules.

If you've had earnings withheld from a payment, it's because our records indicated that you were subject to tax withholding at the time of payment.

If you don't believe that you're subject to tax withholding, please update the tax information in your account.

 

Submit your tax form

Adsense Sensitive ad categories

Depending on your country, you might not see all of the categories listed below on your sensitive categories page. For example, if gambling is not permitted in your country, the Gambling opt-in sensitive category is not available.

Sensitive categories are divided into standard sensitive categories and opt-in sensitive categories.

Standard sensitive categories

Standard sensitive categories are allowed by default. To prevent ads from any of these categories from showing on your pages, click on the Block button corresponding to that category.

Restricted sensitive categories

Restricted sensitive categories are blocked by default. Ads in this category were previously categorised as non-family safe and were not allowed on pages managed by AdSense. If you don’t mind ads from these categories showing on your pages, click on the Allow button corresponding to the category.
Our system classifies ads automatically and we don't rely on advertiser-provided categorisation. Our technology will make its best attempt to filter ads from the categories above; however, we don't guarantee that it will block every related ad. If you see that an undesired ad has been displayed, please block that ad by URL or by advertiser using the Ad Review Centre.

The total percentage of ad impressions shown on your "Sensitive categories" page might be greater than or less than 100% as ads may be classified in multiple categories, or not classified in any category at all.  MoreClick

New ad sizes970 x 250 Billboard and the 300 x 1050 Portrait for Google AdSense .

We've heard from both publishers and advertisers that new, larger ad formats provide a great canvas for rich creatives and perform well on many sites. Today, we’re pleased to share two new ad sizes - 970 x 250 Billboard and the 300 x 1050 Portrait - that will help you reach more advertisers while also enhancing user experience and engagement on your site.


As with most of our ad sizes, both of these ad units can accommodate standard text ads in addition to image ads. Additionally, they can show similar-sized image ads when doing so will maximize the performance of your ad unit. In this case, a 300 x 250 ad would serve in the 970 x 250 ad unit and a 160 x 600 would serve in the 300 x 1050 ad unit.
As both of these new sizes are large ad units, you can place a maximum of one per page. As always, remember to keep a balance between your content and ads and ensure your ad placements comply with our AdSense program policies.
We’re always looking for your feedback and suggestions to help us provide you with the ad sizes you need to stay flexible to your advertiser and user needs. Stay tuned for more updates coming soon and share your feedback in the comment section below.

Google Adsense is world’s larges Ads Network and works at Pay Per Click system 12 Things to Do Before Applying for Google Adsense

I know many of you want to make some good money with adsense right ?

But it’s not easy to get into adsense program now a days. You have to do few things before applying for adsense.

Google Adsense is world’s larges Ads Network and works at Pay Per Click system. It’s paying rates are better than all of other networks which is the biggest reason it is so popular to all Bloggers and Webmasters. But since everybody is running behind them, they have made the approval system very strict. You make little mistakes and get disapproved every time. So you need a complete guidance and list of thing that you need to do before applying for Google Adsense and supposing that you are ready.

12 Things to Do Before Applying for Google Adsense

1. Privacy Policy :

One of the common mistakes that every Blogger makes and that I made many times before finally getting approved. Even though there are people out there who say that having a Privacy Policy for a Blog doesn’t makes sense but they are wrong.

A Privacy actually describes to your readers about what they will get on your Blog , what they should do and what they should not. So obviously there is nothing bad in having a Privacy Policy. While it can affect somehow on your Adsense Approval, you must give it a try. You can write it yourself or find Privacy Policy Generators online (You don’t need a lawyer anyway).

2. About Page :

An About has major role and importance if you don’t want to apply for Adsense. But when it comes to Adsense, they are about Zero chances of getting approved if you are not showing this page.About page simply describes about you and your Blog . This will not only help you establish a relationship with readers but it will also make them trust upon you.

3. Contact Us Page :

It’s quite obvious that everyone has his/her own opinion. What one of your readers likes may be bothering someone else. Than it is better to give them opportunity to speak up to you and tell how they feel about your Blog, what they want to be edited , what they liked or hated.

It will also show the Google Adsense Team that is viewing your site that you actually care about your readers and not only the money and Adsense.


4. Name/ Email Verification :

Make sure to put you Name and Email address in some easily visible area like About Me and Contact Us pages. It will confirm to Google Adsense Team that it is the same person who applied for Adsense and not some spam, crappy bots.

5. Age Verification :

I’m really laughing out typing this. ;)

Why?

Because this is where I encountered a problem. Instead of 18, I accidentally published my age as 17 while on Adsense Application Form, it was accurately 18.

Hence there started a problem . Because Google Adsense is not for under 18 people. I realized this problem after being disproved a few times without any legitimate reason. So I advice you to be accurate while typing your age.


6. Minimum Number of Posts :

There is no exact answer. Not even one. Because I have seen very established Blogs with 400+ posts and their owner telling me that Google Adsense is rejecting them while somewhere ,people with 40,50 posts are enjoying making money. Exactly what I said that there is no actual answer. However, we can always predict things. According to my experience , you should only apply after you have more than 70 posts. Posts length should must be 500+ words too.

Read : Difference Between Short Length Post Vs Length Posts – What’s Best?


7. Design :

Your Blog is the biggest thing after Content. This represents your expertise ,experience and Professionalism. So be careful because anything can kill your Chances.


8. Content Type :

Be careful with what type of content you are publishing. Because it is something that truly matters. Google Adsense is not for Pornographic, Illegal Items, Drugs or other Blogs / Sites like that. Also Adsense team won’t be willing to allow you to step in if you own a Non English Blog. Having posts shorter than 300 words in length is also Red Signal.


9. Providing Value :

Don’t complain about not making money and don’t clearly state that your are Blogging for Money only and have no other interest in it. Because this will show them that you will not be providing values to your readers any day. Hence another Red Light glows up.


10. Top Level Domain :

Those are gone far away when Adsense used to approve “Blogspot” and “WordPress.com” Blogs. As for today, you must have your own unique domain that specifies your Blog. If you don’t have one yet, stop dreaming about getting approved with Sub domains and go buy a Top Level Domain.

Another important thing about domain is it’s age. Because for most of Asian Countries, Adsense has placed an age restriction. They don’t accept any sites before they are 6 months old.


11. Other Ad Networks :

If you have any other Ads placed like Chitika, Clicksor or anything, it’s time to drop them off.

Even Google Adsense allows you to use other Ad Networks along with them, it’s better to remove the ads before Applying and don’t put them back until you get a reply from Adsense Team.


12. Paid Traffic :

Google hates the sites that are getting Paid traffic and mostly penalizes them so there is not a damn chance of getting Adsense Approval letter for a site that is getting paid traffic. You can bring traffic from Search Engines or any other way you want but if you want to earn via Google Adsense the right way, paid traffic is not a solution.

Introducing the new policy AdSense.

As part of our ongoing efforts to increase transparency around our policies, we've recently launched a policy FAQs section in our Help Center to address some of the commonly asked questions that we receive from our publishers.

Some example questions in this new section include:

Part 1: Site content

Would an image of a girl in a bikini be considered adult content?

Part 2: Ad implementation

When blending ads to match in with my site, how do I make sure that the ads don’t mimic the format of the content without having gaudy ads?

Part 3: Mobile-related

Is placing a 300 x 250 ad unit on top of a high-end mobile optimized page considered a policy violation?

Part 4: Appeals and violation reporting

My account got disabled and my appeal was denied. Is there any way I can start over?

Our AdSense policies are in place to ensure that Google’s display and search networks provide a safe and positive experience for our users, advertisers, and publishers.  We hope that you find these new FAQs helpful and we thank you for helping us maintain a compliant network.

Google Publisher Plugin beta: Bringing our publisher products to WordPress.

We’ve heard from many publishers using WordPress that they’re looking for an easier way to work with Google products within the platform. Today, we’re excited to share the beta release of our official Google Publisher Plugin, which adds new functionality to publishers’ WordPress websites. If you own your own domain and power it with WordPress, this new plugin will give you access to a few Google services -- and all within WordPress.

Please keep in mind that because this is a beta release, we’re still fine-tuning the plugin to make sure it works well on the many WordPress sites out there. We’d love for you to try it now and share your feedback on how it works for your site.

This first version of the Google Publisher Plugin currently supports two Google products:

• Google AdSense: Earn money by placing ads on your website. The plugin links your WordPress site to your AdSense account and makes it easier to place ads on your site -- without needing to manually modify any HTML code.
• Google Webmaster Tools: Webmaster Tools provides you with detailed reports about your pages' visibility on Google. The plugin allows you to verify your site on Webmaster Tools with just one click.

Visit the WordPress.org plugin directory to download the new plugin and give it a try. For more information about the plugin and how to use it, please visit our Help Center. We look forward to hearing your feedback!