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Apple Begins Paying Developers After Reaching $100 Million App Store Settlement
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Nothing yet. Today is 30 days post W9 form submission for me. I did receive an email two weeks ago confirming my initial payout option. In the next few days to a week, I should know more/receive the payment. I’ll post an update here when I do.
No payments received yet.
Most recent email on November 21 stated replacement check would go out "as soon as possible".
On November 14 phone call, I was told replacement checks were expected to be sent during first two weeks of December.
I asked about this (via phone) since I originally requested PayPal, but they instead mailed a check to an address we have not used in years. Their explanation was that they were afraid of employees embezzling the settlement payments from the developers via PayPal accounts, so opted to mail checks instead (often to obsolete addresses).
FWIW, when I called soon after submitting the W-9, I brought up the possibility that the payments could be delayed past the end of the year, and the person I spoke to dismissed that.
Lots of concerned people at
LinkedIn shows a couple of people who are Director of Operations. Perhaps we should pool our efforts and email them for clarity -- cite the multiple concerned developers with substantial amounts due who cannot get a straight answer and ref this thread and the one linked above.
If we cannot get an informed, non-vague response, perhaps we escalate with the Plaintiff attorneys (all listed in filings) and the Court / Judge who oversaw this (Yvonne Gonzales)
This is not a small settlement for many of us. Seems this settlement administration firm is in over their heads and maybe should be audited.
I'll cross post on the reddit thread.
LinkedIn shows a couple of people who are Director of Operations. Perhaps we should pool our efforts and email them for clarity -- cite the multiple concerned developers with substantial amounts due who cannot get a straight answer and ref this thread and the one linked above.
If we cannot get an informed, non-vague response, perhaps we escalate with the Plaintiff attorneys (all listed in filings) and the Court / Judge who oversaw this (Yvonne Gonzales)
This is not a small settlement for many of us. Seems this settlement administration firm is in over their heads and maybe should be audited.
I'll cross post on the reddit thread.
No update or check in the mail. No idea how long it takes to reissue a check. They never sent a timeline so I have no idea.
I’ve confirmed that the administrator is waiting for W9 pass/fail confirmations from the IRS. Once these have been confirmed payment will be promptly submitted. Here is what was sent to me:
“We are awaiting pass/fail confirmation of submitted W9s from the IRS. Once this confirmation is received, we will issue payments as soon as possible to the payment method selected on your claim form. If your option selected was via check it will be mailed to the address provided on your W9 form. For W9 tin matching failures, we will reach out to class members individually informing them of their status, and how to resolve the issue. We appreciate your patience.”
“We are awaiting pass/fail confirmation of submitted W9s from the IRS. Once this confirmation is received, we will issue payments as soon as possible to the payment method selected on your claim form. If your option selected was via check it will be mailed to the address provided on your W9 form. For W9 tin matching failures, we will reach out to class members individually informing them of their status, and how to resolve the issue. We appreciate your patience.”
Thanks.
The IRS says they can do 100,000 TIN matches from a payer in 24 hours. So they're not the bottleneck; we're still waiting on the administrators.
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I see. Unless the IRS are doing some deeper analysis or manually handling it, it’s all the info I’ve got to go with for now.
True, but the IRS does say it can take 5-7 days to process any submitted. There could be some backlog or something.
I agree though, the admins are the ones slowing this down.
Pretty annoying. I run an LLC where I am the only employee and they still decided to bypass my selected and confirmed payment method and sent a check to 10 year old address that I never gave them…
In my case, I called 215-563-4116 and asked about my settlement payment. I was told that a check had been sent and to which address-- an address we left ten years ago. In order to obtain a replacement check I had to complete, notarize, and return an affidavit that they emailed to me.
Basically word for word, this is what happened to me, totally invalid address that doesn't exist in any system and hasn't been used in well over 10 years. I contacted the 94 year old who lives there after half a day's work with realtors trying to get a phone number and wasted $75 on an emergency FedEx to that location. Unfortunately, that 94 year old had already put it back into the mailbox return to sender a week earlier.
I believe the latest news is someone was told the new checks (for those who were told around 11/21 that they were going out "ASAP" after notarizing) go out 12/16. So best case Monday the 19th arrival. Optimistically, given the number of snafus so far.
I just got off the phone with the settlement administrator and they said there was a delay with the IRS W-9 verification but checks were issued on December 12th so we should have them by the end of the month, depending on mail times.
I asked about PayPal payments and they said there's no way for them to look up the method we chose or change it at this point, but it seems like for anyone that doesn't already have a PayPal payment they sent a check instead. Might be checks for everyone that had to submit their W-9.
I asked about PayPal payments and they said there's no way for them to look up the method we chose or change it at this point, but it seems like for anyone that doesn't already have a PayPal payment they sent a check instead. Might be checks for everyone that had to submit their W-9.
Thank you for the update! I chose PayPal and haven't gotten a thing. Here's hoping check is on the way...
I selected PayPal and was confirmed PayPal and then I found out they mailed the check. I was never asked for a W-9 but my business is setup as an LLC so I’m not sure if it’s not needed?
No idea why they needed the W-9 from some people and didn’t need it from others?
Hope it’s not something else I need that was never mentioned.
No idea why they needed the W-9 from some people and didn’t need it from others?
Hope it’s not something else I need that was never mentioned.