{"id":14049,"date":"2019-01-14T11:35:33","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T09:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seoblog.taxback.com\/?p=14049"},"modified":"2019-01-14T11:35:33","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T09:35:33","slug":"do-i-have-to-pay-taxes-on-my-twitch-stream-income","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxback.com\/blog\/do-i-have-to-pay-taxes-on-my-twitch-stream-income\/","title":{"rendered":"Do I Have to Pay Taxes on my Twitch Stream Income?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether  you\u2019re  an  avid  gamer  or  you  don\u2019t  know  your  Super  Mario  from  your  Red  Dead  Redemption,  you  probably  know  the  gaming  industry  is  worth  a  hell  of  a  lot  of  money.<\/p>\n\n<p>In  fact,  market  research  from  Newzoo.com  has  shown  that  the  global  games  market  could  potentially  grow  from  $137.9  billion  to  more  than  $180.1  billion  in  2021.  To  put  things  into  perspective,  in  2013  worldwide,  box-office  revenue  for  the  film  industry  was\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/www.mpaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MPAA-Theatrical-Market-Statistics-2013_032514-v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$35.9  billion<\/a>,  while  the  gaming  industry  generated  around\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/newzoo.com\/insights\/infographics\/global-games-market-report-infographics-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$70.4  billion<\/a>.  That\u2019s  almost  twice  as  much  revenue  as  the  film  industry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-privacy-container is-disabled embed-youtube\" data-embed-id=\"oembed_3fb47c94db7ce18316599b50daf75419\" data-embed-provider=\"youtube\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1200\/350;\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"embed-privacy-enable screen-reader-text\">Display &#8220;YouTube  video  player&#8221; from YouTube<\/button>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-privacy-sr-message screen-reader-text\" role=\"status\" data-message=\"Content from YouTube has been loaded.\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-privacy-overlay\">\n<div class=\"embed-privacy-inner\">\n<div class=\"embed-privacy-logo\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.taxback.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-privacy\/assets\/images\/embed-youtube.png?ver=1.14.0);\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\tClick here to display content from YouTube.\t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/>\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn more in <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube\u2019s privacy policy<span class=\"embed-privacy__new-tab-notice\"> (opens in a new tab)<\/span><\/a>.\t\t\t<noscript>\t\t\t\t<br \/>\t\t\t\tPlease enable JavaScript in your browser to load this content.\t\t\t<\/noscript>\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"embed-privacy-input-wrapper\">\t\t\t<input id=\"embed-privacy-store-youtube-3fb47c94db7ce18316599b50daf75419\" type=\"checkbox\" value=\"1\" class=\"embed-privacy-input\" data-embed-provider=\"youtube\">\t\t\t<label for=\"embed-privacy-store-youtube-3fb47c94db7ce18316599b50daf75419\" class=\"embed-privacy-label\" data-embed-provider=\"youtube\">\t\t\t\tAlways display content from YouTube\t\t\t<\/label>\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-privacy-footer\"><span class=\"embed-privacy-url\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jBJJmvjMyCY?si=BhTIILONPiuXGM-W\">Open &#8220;YouTube  video  player&#8221; directly<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-privacy-content\">\t\t\t\t<script>var _oembed_3fb47c94db7ce18316599b50daf75419 = '{\\\"embed\\\":\\\"&lt;iframe  title=&quot;YouTube  video  player&quot; src=&quot;https:\\\\\/\\\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\\\/embed\\\\\/jBJJmvjMyCY?si=BhTIILONPiuXGM-W&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; height=&quot;350&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\\\/iframe&gt;\\\"}';<\/script>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"pro-gaming-and-e-sports\"><b>Pro-gaming  and  e-sports<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><i>But<\/i><\/p>\n<p>,  did  you  know  that  there  are  people  out  there  making  a  pretty  decent  living  from  gaming?  Come  to  think  of  it,  \u201cpretty  decent\u201d  is  an  understatement.  Take  Chinese  pro  gamer  Chen  \u201cHao\u201d  Zhihao  for  instance.  In  2014,  Zhihao  set  the  Guinness  World  Record  for  the  most  prize  money  earned  through  gaming  tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>And  it\u2019s  not  just  e-sport  tournaments  that  bring  in  the  big  bucks,  you  can  now  earn  from  the  comfort  of  your  own  home  by  live  streaming  and  recording  your  gameplay.  Gamers  everywhere  are  now  using  platforms  like  YouTube  and  Twitch  (more  on  that  in  a  moment)  to  reach  an  audience  and  make  money  from  their  talents.<\/p>\n<p>One  of  the  most  popular  Twitch  streamers  is  a  user  named\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/loltyler1\">Loltyler1<\/a>.  At  just  23  years  of  age,  Tyler  Steinkamp  rakes  in  a  whopping  $5k  a  day  in  donations  alone.  Despite  having  a  reputation  as  the  \u2018most  toxic  player  in  North  America\u2019  Steinkamp\u2019s  fan  base  is  enormous.  After  being  banned  for  2  years  from  his  game  of  choice  (<i>League  of  Legends<\/i>)  for  disruptive  behaviour,  his  first  Twitch  stream  when  the  ban  was  lifted  reached  over  382,000  viewers,  a  record-breaking  number.\n<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-the-hell-is-twitch-anyway\"><b>What  the  hell  is  Twitch  anyway?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>\nTwitch  is  an  immensely  popular  app  and  website  amongst  passionate  gamers.  It  enables  people  to  sign  up,  live  stream  their  gameplay  and  broadcast  it  to  the  world.  Viewers  can  then  send  money  to  the  gamers  they  favour.  It  takes  more  than  just  talent  to  become  a  popular  Twitch  user,  you  need  a  certain  amount  of  charisma  or  likeability.  It  isn\u2019t  just  for  gamers,  you  can  share  art,  talk  shows  and  music,  but  gamers  make  up  a  big  percentage  of  Twitch  partners.  Before  Twitch  recruited  a  large  gaming  audience,  the  company  was  on  the  brink  of  failure.  Now,  it\u2019s  one  of  the  biggest  streaming  sites  in  the  world  and  has  been  purchased  by  Amazon  for  $917  million  in  2014.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"orange-cta-btn\"><a style=\"padding: 15px; text-align: center; border-radius: 30px; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; background-color: #e74632; color: #fff; margin: 25px 0px 25px 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxback.com\/user\/#\/application\/ireland\/essentials\">Get Your Irish Tax Refund Now!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitch  Partners  and  Twitch  affiliates  are  users  with  a  significant  following  who  pay  a  monthly  fee  and  receive  money  from  ads,  donations  and  other  sources  via  the  Twitch  platform.  This  model  is  used  on  other  platforms  like  Medium.com  and  Patreon.com  and  is  similar  to  the  practice  of  crowdfunding.\n<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"tax-liability\"><b>Tax  liability<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>\nI  know  what  you\u2019re  thinking;  hold  on  just  a  sec,  you  mean  to  say  playing  Fortnite  with  my  friends  could  make  me  a  millionaire?<\/p>\n<p>Well,  yes  but  what  a  lot  of  people  don\u2019t  realise  is  that  if  you\u2019re  an  Irish  resident  and  you  use  gaming  as  a  source  of  income,  you\u2019re  obligated  to  pay  tax  on  that  income\u00a0in  Ireland.  Just  because  it\u2019s  a  relatively  new  profession  doesn\u2019t  mean  streamers  are  exempt  from  paying  tax.  Bummer,  I  know.<\/p>\n<p>You  see,  a  lot  of  people  are  self-employed  or  earning  extra  income  outside  of  their  PAYE  salary  through  unconventional  things  like  YouTube  channels  and  sites  like  Patreon  or  Twitch.  The  problem  is,  that  they  might  not  think  of  it  that  way.  There  are  people  all  over  the  world  making  money  from  everything  from  live-streaming  computer  coding  sessions  or  through  the  Korean  practice  of  Mukbang  aka  live  streaming  yourself  eating  large  amounts  of  food.  The  fact  is,  the  employment  landscape  is  changing  to  include  all  sorts  of  strange  new  things  and  people  might  not  be  knowledgeable  when  it  comes  to  associated  tax  implications.<\/p>\n<p>Many  streamers,  bloggers,  social  influencers,  and  YouTubers  seem  to  overlook  their  legal  duty  to  pay  taxes  in  this  kind  of  scenario,  and  sometimes  other  factors  can  impact  whether  they\u2019re  filing  taxes.  For  instance,  some  might  avoid  taxes  because  they  feel  it\u2019s  too  complicated  and  they  don\u2019t  know  where  to  start.  Another  factor  is  a  lack  of  knowledge  about  taxes  and  the  penalties  associated  with  failing  to  pay  them.  Streamers  are  quite  often  very  young,  sometimes  as  young  as  13.  Now,  I  don\u2019t  know  about  you,  but  I  certainly  had  no  notion  of  taxes  when  I  was  a  teenager.  That\u2019s  why  parents  whose  children  are  streamers  must  look  into  the  appropriate  tax  filing  obligations  or  seek  help  from  a  qualified  tax  agent  like  Taxback.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"orange-cta-btn\"><a style=\"padding: 15px; text-align: center; border-radius: 30px; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; background-color: #e74632; color: #fff; margin: 25px 0px 25px 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxback.com\/user\/#\/application\/ireland\/essentials\">Get Your Irish Tax Refund Now!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If  you  earn  over  \u20ac5k,  a  self-assessed  tax  filing  is  necessary,  if  you  earn  under  that  amount  you  can  file  it  under  your  PAYE.<\/p>\n<p>If  you  are  receiving  a  PAYE  income\u00a0<i>and\u00a0<\/i>making  money  from  streaming,  it  is  taxable  through  the  PAYE  system.  If  your  income  comes  from  streaming  alone,  it\u2019s  not  taxable  through  the  PAYE  system,  even  if  it\u2019s  under  \u20ac5,000.  In  this  scenario,  you\u2019ll  be  required  to  report  it  through  self-assessment.<\/p>\n<p>The  fact  is,  if  you\u2019re  making  money  via  Twitch  or  a  similar  platform,  your  tax  obligations  are  no  different  to  any  other  self-employed  individual.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignnone  size-full  wp-image-14050\" src=\"https:\/\/taxback.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Why-bother-pay-taxes.jpg\" alt=\"Why  bother  pay  taxes\" width=\"2121\" height=\"1414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxback.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Why-bother-pay-taxes.jpg 2121w, https:\/\/www.taxback.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Why-bother-pay-taxes-270x180.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.taxback.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Why-bother-pay-taxes-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.taxback.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Why-bother-pay-taxes-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.taxback.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Why-bother-pay-taxes-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.taxback.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Why-bother-pay-taxes-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.taxback.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Why-bother-pay-taxes-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.taxback.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Why-bother-pay-taxes-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.taxback.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Why-bother-pay-taxes-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.taxback.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Why-bother-pay-taxes-1160x773.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2121px) 100vw, 2121px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"why-bother-paying-taxes\"><b>Why  bother  paying  taxes?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>\nIt\u2019s  illegal  to  avoid  taxes  and  every  year  that  passes  without  paying  them,  a  surcharge  (an  annual  fee)  is  added  on  to  the  amount  you  owe  for  each  year  you  fail  to  pay.  You  may  also  be  liable  to  pay  interest.  If  you  fail  to  disclose  your  earnings,  non-voluntary  disclosure  can  add  additional  penalties  of  \u20ac3,000  or  more.<\/p>\n<p>If  you  are  in  a  profession  like  this,  it\u2019s  a  good  idea  to  set  aside  some  money  (figure  out  the  right  percentage  for  your  country)  so  that  when  you  file  your  taxes,  you  have  enough  money  to  pay  them.  The  more  you  earn,  the  more  you  owe.  If  you  made  it  big  and  started  earning  as  much  as  someone  like  Loltyler1,  you  would  owe  a  substantial  amount.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"orange-cta-btn\"><a style=\"padding: 15px; text-align: center; border-radius: 30px; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; background-color: #e74632; color: #fff; margin: 25px 0px 25px 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxback.com\/user\/#\/application\/ireland\/essentials\">Get Your Irish Tax Refund Now!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If  you&#8217;re  serious  about  what  you\u2019re  doing  you\u2019ll  likely  have  expenses  like  say  equipment,  which  might  be  consoles,  headphones,  cameras  or  any  other  necessary  tools.  In  some  cases,  business  expenses  like  these  can  be  written  off  against  your  earnings  let\u2019s  look  at  some  examples  relevant  to  the  gaming  industry.<\/p>\n<p>First  of  all,  there  are  two  types  of  business  expenditure  \u2013  revenue  and  capital:\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b>Revenue<\/b>\u00a0expenses  are  allowable  if  they  are  incurred  wholly  and  exclusively  for  the  purposes  of  the  trade.  This  would  include  your  electricity,  internet,  accountancy  and  legal  fees.<\/li>\n<li><b>Capital<\/b>\u00a0expenses  may  qualify  for  capital  allowances  relief  at  12.5%  over  8  years.  These  expenses  include  things  like  consoles,  headphones,  camera  equipment  and  so  on.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\nAnd  another  thing,  if  your  streaming  work  happens  to  be  inconsistent  or  infrequent,  it  won\u2019t  be  considered  trading  which  means  you  cannot  access  relief  for  capital  allowances.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We take the hassle out of filing your Irish tax return<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"orange-cta-btn\"><a style=\"padding: 15px; text-align: center; border-radius: 30px; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; background-color: #e74632; color: #fff; margin: 25px 0px 25px 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxback.com\/user\/#\/application\/ireland\/essentials\"; target =\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\";>GET STARTED<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We  know  that  this  kind  of  thing  can  be  a  bit  of  a  headache,  so  why  not  let  us  take  care  of  it?  That  way,  the  only  challenges  you\u2019re  up  against  are  the  ones  in  your  favourite  game!<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re  obligated  to  file  an  annual  tax  return  and  report  your  earnings  so  why  not  contact  us  today  for  help  with  filing  your  taxes.  Your  tax  return  can  also  be  used  to  claim  any  tax  allowances  that  can  be  offset  against  your  tax  bill.  You  can  talk  to  our  team  at\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/www.taxback.com\/en\/ireland\/self-assessed-tax-return\/\">Taxback<\/a>\u00a0to  save  yourself  a  big  headache  with  the  taxman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pro-gamers and streamers are earning big, but did you know gaming income is taxable in Ireland? 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