Trymacs is one of the largest streamers on Twitch and thus earns a good amount of money – apparently enough that even five-figure amounts can slip through the cracks.
What’s going on with Trymacs right now: That Maximilian “Trymacs” Stemmler is sometimes a bit scatterbrained and tends to overlook important matters due to his chaotic nature is nothing new. During the major hype around Pokémon cards in 2021, he sold numerous booster packs to his streamer colleagues without verifying the payment of the invoices. The tax office has now noticed this during a business audit.
In our video, you can learn how Trymacs became one of the most successful streamers on Twitch:
“Now I actually have to warn all my colleagues.”
How did this happen? In 2020 and 2021, there was a huge hype surrounding Pokémon cards. Influencer Logan Paul sparked the uproar and drove the prices of individual cards up with his attention. German streamers also jumped on the hype, including Trymacs.
In the course of this, he sold several booster packs to his streamer colleagues. It is said that 14–18 of these colleagues did not pay the invoices Trymacs sent them. In total, this resulted in a sum of 15,000–20,000 euros that he was missing.
The Twitch streamer, however, did not notice this for several years. It probably had to do with his big pack openings from spring 2021. As Trymacs is currently undergoing a business financial audit, the missing amount has only now come to light.
Trymacs himself said in a Twitch stream, a clip of which was uploaded to TikTok: “Now I actually have to warn all my colleagues.” The streamer colleagues would probably claim that it is statute-barred, Trymacs added.
“They think I’m money laundering or something.”
What stress does he have now? Since Trymacs and the streamers forgot the outstanding 20,000 euros, the Twitch star now has to expect consequences from the tax office. In the clip on TikTok from his stream, the streamer fears that the tax office would now think he is involved in money laundering or something similar.
His streaming colleagues were just “spaced out” and had forgotten to pay their bills. However, Trymacs himself also did not take care of collecting the outstanding amounts.
Theoretically, the Twitch streamer has thus given away the booster packs and now has to pay a gift tax, speculates Trymacs.
In the comments on TikTok, Trymacs’ troubles are dismissed as a “luxury problem.” However, some users explain that the streamer earns so much that such “small” amounts would not be noticed further. That’s how it is when you earn your living streaming on Twitch. Twitch has made some streamers rich, but Amazon earns too little money because you all are getting greedier.
