YouTube to remit 24pc tax to US from content creators starting June Wednesday March 10 2021 YouTube will deduct up to 24 per cent tax for content creators outside the United States. FILE PHOTO | AFP By ADONIJAH NDEGE Google said all creators outside the US will be deducted taxes on their AdSense earnings. Kenyan digital content creators with YouTube channels will start paying taxes to the United States government starting June this year. In a statement sent to all YouTube content generators, parent firm Google said all creators outside the US will be deducted taxes on their AdSense earnings. This will affect revenue earned from US viewers through advertisement views, Super Chat, YouTube Premium, Channel Memberships and Super Stickers.