The information below pertains to US-based instructors and includes information about income taxes.
Your course is a commodity, and thus is taxable as income. Maven does not issue you tax documents, as Maven is the platform on which you operate your course, and does not collect your earnings for you.
If you are eligible to receive a 1099-K, you will receive it through your Stripe Connect account. Stripe will generate a 1099-K for any instructor who has met or exceeded these thresholds
Account is based in the United States (owners do not need to be US citizens) or the non-US account is for a US taxpayer
AND
$5,000 total gross volume
OR
Filing requirements for some states might differ from federal requirements. View the full list of state filing thresholds in this table.
The 1099-K will show up under your "Documents" section of your dashboard by 1/31. For more information on a 1099-K from Stripe, please refer to their help document.
If you do not meet that threshold of earnings, you may need to manually export the data from Stripe to include all the deposits made to your account for that tax year. More information can be found here in this Stripe help document.