[RBW] Re: PayPal now taxing goods & services transactions >$600

2021-10-09 Thread Erik
Thank you for that explanation, Julian! On Saturday, October 9, 2021 at 5:06:11 AM UTC-7 ...wrote: > > Unless you are actually making a net profit on your bike and other sales > paid via Paypal this will have no impact other than requiring a bit more > carful record keeping. Even if you get

[RBW] Re: PayPal now taxing goods & services transactions >$600

2021-10-09 Thread Julian Westerhout
Unless you are actually making a net profit on your bike and other sales paid via Paypal this will have no impact other than requiring a bit more carful record keeping. Even if you get a 1099 you can report a cost basis equal to the 1099 amount if you sold for less than what you originally bou

[RBW] Re: PayPal now taxing goods & services transactions >$600

2021-10-08 Thread Erik
I'm pretty certain that this is a new requirement that takes effect on January 1, 2022. It will result in PayPal, Venmo, etc. being required to issue 1099-K forms to anyone who sells in excess of $600 per year. The old threshold was $20,000 and 200 transactions. It's been lowered to $600 no

[RBW] Re: PayPal now taxing goods & services transactions >$600

2021-10-07 Thread Pat Smith
I was taken aback by this at first as well, but as Garth pointed out it seems to only be for very high annual sales. Otherwise I'd be requesting F&F like crazy. Pat in DC On Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 10:25:48 AM UTC-4 rickur...@gmail.com wrote: > > I’m pretty sure you can just provide you

[RBW] Re: PayPal now taxing goods & services transactions >$600

2021-10-06 Thread Rick Urbanowski
I’m pretty sure you can just provide your Social Security number, which PayPal already has. So that shouldn’t be a problem. Other than that, just sucking it up and paying taxes that you owe isn’t the end of the world. On Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at 2:18:20 PM UTC-4 esoter...@gmail.com wrote: >

[RBW] Re: PayPal now taxing goods & services transactions >$600

2021-10-05 Thread Mike Godwin
USPS money orders in the mail. Your transaction cost, a first class stamp, plus 1 dollar for the money order, IIRC. Mike SLO CA On Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at 12:33:27 PM UTC-7 Garth wrote: > According to Paypal > https://www.paypal.com/us/smarthelp/article/How-does-PayPal-report-my-sales

[RBW] Re: PayPal now taxing goods & services transactions >$600

2021-10-05 Thread Garth
According to Paypal https://www.paypal.com/us/smarthelp/article/How-does-PayPal-report-my-sales-to-the-IRS-Will-I-receive-a-1099-tax-statement-FAQ729 And this https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/26/its-going-to-get-harder-to-avoid-telling-the-irs-about-income-from-online-sales.html https://t