1. Not tax advice
This notice is general information about how a global marketplace interacts with tax systems. It is not tax, legal, or accounting advice. Tax outcomes depend on your residence, permanent establishment, the place of supply, thresholds, and elections. Consult a qualified adviser. Last updated 1 September 2026.
2. You are responsible
Sellers are responsible for income tax, social contributions, corporate tax, VAT/GST/HST/QST/sales tax, withholding they must apply, and any local business licence tax on their services. Buyers are responsible for withholding or reverse-charge obligations that apply when they hire a non-resident, if their law so requires.
3. Tax on SydGiG fees
When Spatial Regal charges a Platform fee or subscription, we may add VAT/GST or similar if we are required to. EU/UK VAT on electronic services to consumers may use OSS-style rules once we are registered. Business customers should provide a valid VAT/GST ID when asked.
4. Tax on the underlying freelance service
Unless a marketplace-facilitator, deemed-supplier, or withholding statute requires SydGiG to collect tax on the Buyer–Seller fee, that tax is the parties' responsibility. Place-of-supply rules differ (B2C digital services often follow the customer; professional services often follow the supplier or the place of performance). Examples of regimes you must consider:
- EU VAT (including OSS/IOSS and reverse charge), UK VAT, Swiss VAT.
- US sales and use tax and marketplace-facilitator laws (state-by-state); 1099-K / 1099-NEC reporting when thresholds are met.
- Canada GST/HST/QST; Mexico IVA; Brazil ISS/PIS/COFINS and municipal rules; Argentina IVA.
- Australia GST and the GST at settlement rules; New Zealand GST.
- India GST and TDS (including section 194O marketplace collection if/when we are a specified operator).
- Japan JCT; Korea VAT; Singapore GST; Indonesia VAT; other ASEAN GST/VAT.
- South Africa VAT; Nigeria VAT; Ghana VAT/NHIL/GETFund; Kenya VAT; and other African VATs.
- GCC VAT (UAE, KSA, and others); Türkiye KDV.
- Withholding on outbound services (many countries impose WHT on fees to non-residents).
5. Information reporting
We may collect tax identification numbers (W-9, W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E, VAT IDs, GSTINs, ABN, and local equivalents) and file forms required by tax authorities or payment partners. Providing false tax information is prohibited.
6. Invoices you generate
Workspace invoices are your documents. You must include the legal mentions required in your country (tax ID, sequential numbering, VAT breakdown, "reverse charge" wording, and language). SydGiG's PDF format is a tool, not a guarantee of local invoice validity.