How to file an EDF for Patreon earnings
Patreon pays creators from outside India for memberships. The payout is the record. The code this site uses for other online content is SAC 998439.
How to file an EDF for Medium Partner Program earnings
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Medium pays Partner Program earnings from outside India. The payout is the figure for the EDF. Reading statistics are not an invoice.
Use the payout
Member reading statistics are not a tax invoice and they are not the amount Medium sent. Use the Partner Program payout: date, currency, and amount. Medium is the third-party payer. The Medium company on the advice is the service recipient.
From 1 October 2026 a writer in India declares that payout on the Export Declaration Form for services.
How to describe the writing
Other online content on this site uses SAC 998439. Banks often apply purpose code P1101 to audio-visual and related services. Confirm that this is the code your bank wants for paid reading, rather than a production invoice under 999612.
Use 999612 only when the invoice is for video or audio-visual production. A Partner Program payout is not that invoice unless you actually billed for production.
Deadline
File within 30 days after the invoice month. One quiet month does not need a blank form. File the month you invoiced or the month of the payout you are treating as the invoice, and keep those dates consistent.
Foreign-currency proceeds are due in India within nine months of the invoice date. Rupee invoices and rupee settlement use twelve months.
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How to file an EDF for Meta payouts and Facebook earnings
Facebook and Instagram earnings paid by Meta are service exports when you are in India. Use the payout statement for the invoice line, and give the form to the bank that receives the money.
EDF filing deadline for service exports
The filing clock starts from the invoice month. Realisation is a second, longer clock. Both dates changed with the rules that took effect on 1 October 2026.