About Payment of Royalty
Process for Release of Royalty Payment
- After the 1st month of the release of your app, a monthly royalty statement will be sent to you by e-mail at the end of each month.
The royalty statement will be based on the finalized app info from the month's total number of downloads (with cancellation and returns included).
At the end of the following month, royalty payment will be issued according to the information stated on the royalty statement.
・Number of Downloads Notification
After release of your app, a bi-weekly summary of the number of downloads based on information received by Apple will be sent via e-mail.
・Royalty Statement Notification
The first monthly royalty statement will be sent after the 1sh month of the release of your app (and every month after that).
・Royalty Payment
If the amount of royalty due does not meet 50,000JPY(approx. $500-$540), the collected amount will be carried over to the next month and the following month thereafter until it reaches 599USD.
・Settlement of Accounts (Twice a Year)
In March and September of each year, all accounts will be paid accumulated royalties, even if they have not reached the 50,000JPY payment threshold. A royalty statement with the total 6-month royalty amount (July - December or January - June) will be sent, and the royalty payment for whatever royalties have accumulated up that point will be issued at the end of the following month (April and October, respectively). If royalty does not reach 5000 JPY (approx. $50-$54), royalties withheld until the month where total royalties reach the payment threshold.
APPLIYA will withhold twenty percent (20%) of the royalty as a local withholding income tax, as required under the Japanese Tax Rule (Income Tax Rule 212 and 161.7). APPLIYA issues a certificate showing the annual payment report by the end of every year, and customers can use the certificate to claim 20% withholding tax on their tax returns, according to the laws and rules of the country where the customer was residing when the income was earned.
