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Manage your financial account

Updated: 13 May 2026

For more context on understanding payouts, see this Data Protocol guide⁠.

If you plan to charge for apps or content in apps that you publish in the Meta Horizon Store, you must provide additional information for tax and payment purposes. Meta provides tools that enable you to submit this information as well as view the financial performance of each application. Currently, you can associate one user ID with one account.

Set up your payment information

Use the following steps to set up banking and tax information for your team:

Open your browser and navigate to the Developer Dashboard⁠.

Select the developer team you want to modify from the top right (if you have more than one).

From the left-side navigation, click the Team dropdown, and select Payment Information.

Click Add Payment Information to create a new payout account. You will be taken through our multi-step process to collect the following payment information:

Business information, specifically, country and business type.

Business name, address, and tax identification number.

Name, address, and date of birth of the legal owner for the business.

Bank account information of where you’d like your money to be sent.

Make sure your tax information is accurate and complete before submitting. Changes after the fact are not possible. Incorrect or incomplete tax details can and likely will impact your payout. Again, once submitted, tax information generally cannot be changed. Changes to the tax type will require a new account. If you are eligible for US tax treaty benefits, make sure to include your foreign tax ID and complete W-8BEN (line 9) or W-8BEN-E (lines 14a and 14b) as applicable. Failure to properly complete these forms may result in US withholding tax being applied to your payout.

Bank account requirements

You can use either a personal or business bank account to receive payouts, but the name on the bank account must match the name on your developer account. Business accounts must match the registered business name, and personal accounts must match the individual account holder’s name.

Keep the following requirements in mind when entering bank details:

IBAN format: If your country uses IBAN, ensure the format includes the correct country prefix (for example, DE for Germany, FR for France). Invalid prefixes or incorrect check digits cause rejections.

SWIFT/BIC codes: Required for international transfers. Confirm the code matches the specific branch of your bank.

Domestic routing numbers: For US accounts, provide both the ABA routing number and account number. For other countries, use the appropriate domestic clearing code.

Common payout rejection causes

If your payout fails, check for the following common issues:

Name mismatch: The name on your bank account does not match the name on your Meta developer account. This is the most common cause of rejected payouts.

TIN mismatch: Your Tax Identification Number (TIN) does not match the records associated with your business entity. Verify that the TIN on your W-8 or W-9 form exactly matches your IRS or local tax authority records.

Invalid bank details: Incorrect IBAN format, expired SWIFT/BIC code, or wrong country prefix for your routing information.

Account type mismatch: Selecting “checking” when your account is “savings” or vice versa.

Price change cooldown

When you change the price of an app or add-on in the Meta Horizon Store, a 30-day cooldown period applies before you can change the price again. Plan your pricing strategy accordingly to avoid being locked into an unintended price.

Escalating payout issues

If your payout has been rejected or delayed and you cannot resolve the issue using the steps above, escalate through the following path:

Submit a support request through the Get Developer Support form.

Select Payments & Payouts as the issue category.

Include your team name, the affected payout period, and any error messages you received.

The support team will investigate and may escalate to the payments operations team for further review.

Payments and taxes

Once your banking and account information is set up and your app or app content is purchased from the Store, Meta collects taxes associated with the sales and sends payments to you based on the information you provide.

Payments and taxes are accounted for per team. If you have more than one team, you’ll pay taxes and receive payments for each. This process is the same for app, add-on purchases, and subscriptions. Depending on where a user is located, their purchase will be from one of two entities. US and Canada purchases will be made from Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, while purchases made from anywhere else in the world will be made from Meta Platforms Technologies Ireland Ltd.

Sales tax

Purchases made from the US and Canada are considered “tax exclusive”, meaning that the sales tax is not included in the offering price and is added to the final sales price. On the other hand, purchases made from anywhere else are “tax inclusive”, meaning that the offering price includes any sales tax.

Meta calculates the tax to be withheld, which varies based on the user’s location, and collects the sales tax revenue. Then, at the end of the year, Meta submits the tax revenue collected to the appropriate tax entities.

All companies, whether EU or non-EU based, are required to pay VAT based on any sales to EU users of Electronic Services (this includes games). We will remit the applicable VAT on sales to EU users on behalf of the developer.

We remit applicable VAT or GST, based on user location, to tax authorities in the following additional countries: Australia, Belarus, India, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, Russia, South Korea, Switzerland, and Turkey.

App revenue

When a purchase is made anywhere in the world and in any currency, the revenue from the transaction is converted into USD using that day’s exchange rate and sent to Meta. Along with the sales tax described above, Meta then removes the platform fee (30% unless otherwise agreed) to be retained by Meta, and collects the balance to be sent to you, the developer, at the end of the monthly payment cycle.

Payments will originate from Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC for US and Canadian developers, and from Meta Platforms Technologies Ireland Ltd for all other developers. All payments will be made in USD, regardless of local currency.

Income tax

When you establish an account with Meta, you are asked to provide a W-8 or W-9 form for income tax purposes. Meta does not withhold any income tax and each team is responsible for submitting their income tax due at the appropriate time. Meta sends summary tax documents at the appropriate time for reporting and payment purposes.

View app-level financial analytics

Meta provides several metrics that help you monitor the performance of individual apps on the Store. To review the analytics, follow these steps:

Go to the Developer Dashboard⁠.

Choose your app.

In the left-side navigation, choose Analytics > Overview. The Analytics Overview page displays general app metrics over a variable time scale as well as some lifetime metrics about the app.

The child pages provide additional information about how the app is performing, recent user reviews, and more. For more information, see Analytics overview dashboard.

Viewing org-level financial reports

Meta generates financial reports that provide both an overview of the financial performance of the team and an auditable detail of the monthly transactions.

To access the reports, follow these steps:

Go to the Developer Dashboard⁠.

In the left-side navigation, select Team > Financial Reports.

Each Monthly Report (.csv) provides a summary and history of the purchases and IAP transactions over the previous month. The Monthly Remittance Report (.pdf) provides an overview of the monthly payment remitted by Meta. The Monthly CSV Report provides a detailed transaction register of every purchase. Information about fields of the CSV report can be found on the Financial Reports page.