$600? Report it.

[George K]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/venmo-paypal-and-cash-app-to-report-business-transactions-exceeding-600-a-year-to-the-irs

Third-party payment processors, including Venmo, PayPal, and Cash App, will be required to report business transactions of users exceeding $600 a year to the Internal Revenue Service, according to a new tax law going into effect in January.

Previously, third-party payment apps were only mandated to notify the gross income of users who had over 200 distinct transactions or exceeded $20,000, according to a report.

The new change is the product of the American Rescue Plan, which passed in March 2021.

The form to report the information is Form 1099-K, which records services transactions and goods acquired in a calendar year to the IRS.

The new tax law, the $600 rule, will apply to all payments received for service payments and goods, according to the report.

It will not apply to individuals who use a third-party system to send a gift to an individual or for acts like paying someone back for buying dinner, the report noted.

"You may notice that in the coming months we will ask you for your tax information, like a social security number or tax ID, if you haven't provided it to us already, in order to continue using your account to accept payments for the sale of goods and services transactions and to ensure there aren't any issues when these changes take effect in 2022," PayPal said.

"This helps us meet our obligations to the IRS and ensures that you will be able to continue using your account and access PayPal and Venmo features and services."

Individuals will be given the forms for this year's transactions next year, according to the report.

Looks like the cash economy is going to boom.

[LuFins Dad]

Sheesh, @George-K , I even tagged you!

https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/14018/peer-to-peer

[George K]

@lufins-dad said in $600? Report it.:

Sheesh, @George-K , I even tagged you!

https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/14018/peer-to-peer

I don't know how I didn't see that thread!

[Mik]

The day PayPal asks for my id is the day I cancel my account.

[LuFins Dad]

@george-k said in $600? Report it.:

@lufins-dad said in $600? Report it.:

Sheesh, @George-K , I even tagged you!

https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/14018/peer-to-peer

I don't know how I didn't see that thread!

That’s okay! We both agree that change will raise very little tax revenue. My question is whether it ends up actually costing us money. I think it will.

Our house cleaner just asked us to stop paying by Venmo and give cash or check instead. I doubt that a single dollar of that $150 will ever go to taxes.

On the other hand, the guy that I just bought the 1952 Steinway from will have to file a crapload of paperwork to explain that Zelle transaction.