# If my income is less than $1 million, do I need to pay 5% of the authorization fee?

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**Created:** [February 20, 2022, 4:18am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/if-my-income-is-less-than-1-million-do-i-need-to-pay-5-of-the-authorization-fee/500106 "2022-02-20T04:18:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 4:18am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/if-my-income-is-less-than-1-million-do-i-need-to-pay-5-of-the-authorization-fee/500106/1 "2022-02-20T04:18:38Z")

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If my income is less than $1 million, do I need to pay 5% of the authorization fee?

Do I need to pay 5% of the total revenue if I publish games on other platforms other than epic (such as Gog or itch)? Revenue on these platforms does not exceed $1 million.

thank you!

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**Author:** ![ClockworkOcean](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/clockworkocean/32/1169999_2.png) [@ClockworkOcean](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ClockworkOcean)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/if-my-income-is-less-than-1-million-do-i-need-to-pay-5-of-the-authorization-fee/500106/2 "2022-02-20T08:46:35Z")

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If your total gross income exceeds 1mil, you need to pay the 5%.

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**Author:** ![BlackDoorBinbin](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@BlackDoorBinbin](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/BlackDoorBinbin)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/if-my-income-is-less-than-1-million-do-i-need-to-pay-5-of-the-authorization-fee/500106/3 "2022-02-20T13:15:29Z")

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I want to know if I need to pay 5% on other platforms if I don’t reach $1 million.

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**Author:** ![ClockworkOcean](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/clockworkocean/32/1169999_2.png) [@ClockworkOcean](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ClockworkOcean)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/if-my-income-is-less-than-1-million-do-i-need-to-pay-5-of-the-authorization-fee/500106/4 "2022-02-20T13:17:59Z")

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Count all of your income on all platforms. If it’s \> 1mil, then pay 5% to Epic.

The deal you have with selling platforms is a separate thing. For instance, Steam take 1/3. This has nothing to do with Epic.

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**Author:** ![BIGTIMEMASTER](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/bigtimemaster/32/710746_2.png) [@BIGTIMEMASTER](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/BIGTIMEMASTER)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/if-my-income-is-less-than-1-million-do-i-need-to-pay-5-of-the-authorization-fee/500106/5 "2022-02-20T13:52:30Z")

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You should get in touch with your regions Epic Evangelist. They’ll be able to answer questions like this thoroughly.

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**Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/if-my-income-is-less-than-1-million-do-i-need-to-pay-5-of-the-authorization-fee/500106/6 "2022-02-21T14:58:01Z")

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I see. Thank you!