Payouts to Brazil, via Wise

A bank account in Brazil gets paid through Wise instead of Stripe. Your balance still accrues in US dollars exactly like every other account; only the last step, the transfer to your bank, runs on a different rail, because Stripe cannot send money to a Brazilian account from a US platform at all.

How connecting works

Wise has no hosted signup page for this, so the details are collected in Awaitful's own form, in three steps. Nothing is sent anywhere until you confirm on the last one.

1. A one-time tax form

   A W-8BEN confirms you live outside the US, so no US tax is held back from your payouts. This form goes to Awaitful only, never to Wise, and is good for a few years before it needs signing again.

2. Your bank details and CPF

   Your bank from a list, your agência and conta (including the digit after the dash), whether the account is checking or savings, and your CPF. An email address is optional; your bank may use it to contact you about the transfer.

3. Review, then confirm

   A last look at everything before anything is sent. Confirming is the one point money-routing details leave your machine: your name and payout details go to Wise, who create the recipient on their side.

The fee, and the exchange rate

Wise charges a transfer fee, and Awaitful pays it. You withdraw $20 and $20 converts to reais, not $20 minus a fee. The conversion uses Wise's mid-market rate, the same rate you would see on a currency converter, not a marked-up one, and your Payouts page shows roughly what will land in reais before you confirm.

IOF and Brazilian tax

Two things happen on the Brazilian side that Awaitful is not part of, and it is better to know them up front than to be surprised by the amount that lands.

• IOF - Brazil charges a tax on currency conversion, deducted by the receiving institution when your money is converted. It is taken on arrival, so it is not in the figure your Payouts page quotes.
• Income tax is yours to declare. Money you earn from a foreign payer is normally self-assessed monthly in Brazil rather than withheld by the payer, so nothing is held back at our end. What you owe depends on your situation.

We are not able to advise you on either. A Brazilian accountant can tell you what applies to you specifically, and your withdrawal history on the Payouts page is the record to show them.

When a payout lands

Wise usually converts and sends within a working day or two. It reports a transfer as sent once it reaches your bank, but a bank can still bounce it back shortly after in a way that only shows up a little later. Awaitful waits a few days past that point before marking a payout finished, to catch a late bounce rather than call it done too early. Until then your Payouts page shows it as in progress, which is the payout working normally, not a payout stuck.

What is not supported yet

Payouts go to a personal Brazilian bank account. Paying a company account (one registered to a CNPJ) is not set up, and neither is paying a Pix key directly, though the transfer itself may travel over local rails once it reaches Brazil. If you need either, tell us and it becomes a real request rather than a guess.

Changing your details

You can replace your bank details any time, unless a payout is already on its way. See Set up your payout account for how connecting works for every country, and Payouts and your balance for the clearing period and minimum that apply the same way here as anywhere else.