Google Play Payout Held 19 Days: W-8 Mismatch Cleared on Day 19
Play payout held 19 days after a W-8 mismatch. Diagnostic day 1, appeal pack day 3, payout day 19.
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Situation
Google Play payments stopped because the W-8 on the payments profile did not match the legal name and address on the developer account.
What was done
- Day 1: read the payments-profile hold reason and the exact W-8 fields that disagreed.
- Day 3: filed an appeal pack with the corrected form and the matching legal-name evidence.
- Left the rest of the profile untouched so the review had one change to check.
Outcome
The payout was released on day 19. The hold was the tax-form mismatch, not a policy strike.
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W-8 and bank payout-hold notes
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