Royalties
I don’t think it’s a good idea to ask me any questions about royalties. Because frankly, I don’t understand any of it.
I do know that I got a cheque two weeks ago. The first installment. And there was a honkin’ amount missing. Naturally, I freaked. And then after a venti soy no water no foam tazo chai, I figured out, through many, many emails, that the IRS keeps 30% of my cheque until I get a number, which I need to fill out a complicated form for. I’m pretty good at forms. But this was indeed, complicated.
On every line I wasn’t using, I had to write ‘N/A’. In the box that said, write US number, it said if I didn’t have one, to write ‘N/A’. But on page 4 of instructions it said I could put my social insurance number in it.
Once I fill out the form correctly, they send me a number. Then I fill out another form, with that number, send it to money man and they give me the rest of the money.
I really need to get on that.
I have a Paris trip to pay for.
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