An OnlyFans model has opened up about the eye-watering amount of tax she pays on the money she makes from the site.
Although lots of creators take home relatively modest sums each month, a small percentage of accounts generate truly huge incomes.
In many cases, that success is boosted by an existing fanbase, with well-known faces bringing a ready-made audience to the platform.
However, some creators have built their following from the ground up and still managed to reach the very top earners — including Skylar Mae, who reportedly brings in millions.
Skylar, 21, offered a glimpse into the scale of her earnings by focusing on a part of the job many people overlook: the tax bill.
It may not be what comes to mind first when people think about the platform, but she pointed out that it’s still income — and high earnings come with a significant financial obligation.
According to Skylar, the amount she’s paid to the taxman alone reaches into the millions.
“I had a tax bill of $3.6 million,” she said. “I think everyone forgets we pay taxes just like everyone else. People also seem to forget that the more you earn, the more tax you pay.”
She explained: “So in the case of all these OnlyFans stars who are making millions, they would pay a really high amount of tax, and what they actually take home compared to the earnings they show online would be hugely different.
She added: “In my case I’m paying more than five times the average person’s yearly salary just in tax a month.”
Skylar said the rapid rise of her account came with a tough lesson early on — one that often catches self-employed people out — after she failed to set enough money aside for taxes when her income first surged.
“When my first tax season came around and I didn’t plan or save for it, my accounts were completely drained,” she said.
“I kind of just blew it off, and was just super immature about it. After that I ended up hiring a better CPA who taught me all the strategies behind managing my taxes and how to stay on top of it and avoid interest.”
These days, she approaches her finances like a business operation, saying her role resembles running the numbers for a company pulling in multi-million dollar revenue.
“I really am like any CFO of a multi million dollar company,” she said. “I handle wires, all the accounting on my end of the business, and I just rely on my CPA to let me know how much I owe for each quarter of the tax season.
“I deal with the same hurdles that a CFO does, and my business does the same write offs as a ‘normal’ successful business.”
She also said she’s looking at ways to build stability long-term, including learning stock trading to help protect her future beyond the platform.
Skylar described the process of getting organised financially as something that took time, adding: “It’s probably taken me two or three years to really create this system.”
She added: “I now have a spreadsheet where I color-coordinate everything and make it super organized.
“It definitely took me a while to figure out how to be more organized, because before, I was like, ‘Okay, I’m making a million a month. I need to put pretty much 50% of it away for taxes, and I need to put this amount in savings.’
“Overall, I’m just trying to be smarter with money and not so willing to spend, spend, spend.”
It’s not a challenge most people would mind dealing with.