if I've done my calculations right, patreon took roughly $826 CAD in fees (not counting tax) from me in 2023...
I'm so sad... 22% is highway robbery
not to mention that they gave me income tax they paid on my behalf in a spreadsheet of 241 per-patreon tax payments in the currency in which they were paid. WHY
motherfucker you're paying to the canadian government in canadian dollars why can't you just give me the total amount (or even just the monthly totals!) in CAD for me to file in my taxes. like wtf, how the fuck am I supposed to know what the conversion rate from danish kroner to canadian dollar was in fucking april last year? I don't have the kind of time or patience to check the conversion rates between like 8 currencies on specific days for almost 250 entries!?
using yesterday's conversion rates, I paid roughly $340 CAD in taxes automatically thanks to patreon. I didn't make anywhere near the $28K/year income minimum, so I had better fucking get this refunded...