Tax reporting is calculated based on the gross amount of your royalty payment, which includes the amount of the royalty payment received in U.S. dollars as well as any applicable fees, such as fees related to receiving payment in a currency other than the currency of the marketplace on which the sales occurred. But the publisher never seems to indicate what those fees amount to. Hopefully you have copies of the payments and possibly deposit slips to indicate the difference in payments, with the difference therefore amounting to the fees. You can claim those fees as deductible expenses on your income tax. But don’t just take my word for it, talk to a tax professional with knowledge of royalties.
That's exactly the issue, DiO. I had no issues with my publisher, a small one, before they started making deals with the Amazon devil. Now everything is shrouded in layers of mystery--lol.
Regardless, my freaked out email seems to have done the trick and I got a revised document Still doesn't exactly jibe with my records, but the difference isn't enough to affect my taxes.