Paypal drastic changes

This started in 2024, but apparently there was a 60 day moratorium on the 24%

I thought this was still on hold, but apparently not.

Quick math- You sell an amp for 1000.00  You get paid with PP goods and services. PP takes 240.00 for the IRS, and they take their 3.9... you net 721.00 on a 1000 dollar sale.

If this is old news I apologize....I just found this out today.

@carlsbad2 …thereby further complicating our tax return process. Especially for those who do several PP, Venmo or other transactions in a year. Better save lots of receipts for many many years fellas. We’re from the IRS and we’re here to help. 
 

I suspect the F&F loophole will get closed post haste. 

@krelldog Backup withholding applies only if you fail to provide  "your US tax ID or completing a Certificate of Foreign Status".  For most of us that is our SSN, for a business it is the EIN.

As @carlsbad2 mentions, that would be reportable on the Schedule D, however you can't take a loss on the sale personal property.

Issued: January 16, 2024

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I guess I am going to rethink the usage of PayPal. We shouldn't have to prove we did not profit on selling a used item.

ozzy

I hate PP.

you can only use if you are incorporated. this way it's not going to be auto-deducted. 

Well, someones got to fund the payroll of the Ukrainian goverment and their retirement fund.

Well, someones got to fund the payroll of the Ukrainian goverment and their retirement fund.
 

Not to mention “the big guy”……

You can thank Biden fr that with the 85k new agents to audit anything they please 

not good Big brother is watching ,and his digital dollar will give them 100% access to your funds and track everything.

Trump like him or not willnot allow this Digital $$ BS .

This is what happens when Big Governments start to run out of money.  The result is usually a thriving black market where the government gets a big fat goose egg.  Ask anyone in Russia, Greece, or many other places.  The next step is a cashless economy.  Strap yourself in, it's gonna be a bumpy ride.

This is not about politics so why don't we stop talking about them? And audioman58 your post has been debunked so many times there are not 85K new agents give it up.

A clarification.  The IRS collects taxes in accordance with the laws passed by Congress. When you have a problem with a tax, talk to your Congressperson.

@evanpress The IRS decides where to enforce.  they can chase people working full time paying no taxes, drug dealers, mobsters, girls sellling lemonade on street corners, or paypal. 

Jerry

This is such BS.  My guess is that sellers will instead try to make a local sale, in cash only, so there is no record of the transaction.  It happens all the time.  

@carlsbad2 I was wondering what the girls on the corner were selling

@grh1958 we may frequent different neighborhoods.

The only thing new about this is the paper trail, these types of taxes have been around for quite a while. The only good thing about this is now you are all starting to see how much the government has been overstepping their boundaries.

The facts are that the new IRS agents are tasked w collecting from the fat cats that have been paying <6% for years(looking at u Elon and Jeff) while the burden if supporting government programs fall further and further onto the shoulders of the middle class. Thank u Ronald Rayguns.

Taxes are due on income so if you’ve had a profitable side hustle and havent been paying taxes….well….so be it.

The only issue with that selling goods are sometimes not for income, Sometimes you lose money if selling it cheaper. 

@czarivey 

The only issue with that selling goods are sometimes not for income, Sometimes you lose money if selling it cheaper. 

Problem solved then, no tax will be due.

@moonwatcher 

Behold your pritcher!

Woe, that is crazy. There is never a gain in selling used stuff.... especially hi-fi. So if I wanted to sell my luxman for thousands of dollars I would have to deal with this horribleness. This means also my accountant bill will be higher with extra forms like this. This is all because of the democrats.

The whole idea that the government taxes used goods (sales tax and income tax) every time they are sold is total BS. Yeah lets make the little guy who is just trying to sell an audio device (or anything else) that he already paid taxes on, go through all this hassle and potential costs involved. Tax everything to death.

The biggest issue will be trying to find a 10 year old receipt for an amp or pair of speakers to show the purchase price. What happens then? Vinyl record sale profits are taxed as Capital Gains and taxed at 28% and there are a lot of sellers out there that have no idea what's coming. The fact they won't let you deduct losses is criminal.

It doesnt take much to make it a business if you do enough volume.

Hey Audioman58,

Too bad that unripe Cheeto is also a corrupt, insurrectionist, incompetent, incoherent, imbecile!

I'll take anything the IRS throws my way as long as I can still live in a democracy.

Jimbo

@84xfirez-51  Do you really believe that they are just going after the fat cats? They always say that, then they start going after the average taxpayers because it's easier and they actually collect more money in the long run.

@invalid That is categorically false, they weren't going after the rich because they didn't have the resources to do so. And no they don't make more going after average taxpayers which is why the IRS was in such a crisis until now.

So they never had the resources to go after the rich, is that a joke. Rich people are far more likely to get audited than the average person. They always say they are only going after the rich,  then it trickles down to the average earner.

Not true invalid. The IRS targets the poor 5 times more than the rich.

This entire thing annoys me to no end. I researched it pretty thoroughly, and it looks like I'll never pay tax unless I profit on the sale, which I never ever do. So there's that.

My return is already complicated. But this won't complicate it further because at most, I take the form from Paypal, attach it to my documentation of what I purchased the item for, then give them to my tax prep guy who files it as a check-off (ie, he checked it off, no need to make part of actual IRS return).

On the other hand, the changes this IRS kerfluffle have wrought were/are entirely predictable: many many sellers demand payment only via PP's "Friends & Family" feature, which offers no transaction protection to the buyer. I've tried to purchase things from sellers like this and end up walking away. Doubtless some are regular audio citizens who simply don't understand that they have little if any risk. But also doubtless, some are scammers who would take my unprotected money and run. How can I tell them apart? It's impossible, so I walk.

Another reason why I love being a Canadian.

Canada would never seize your bank account.

I think 'Zelle' is the only one that doesn't have to follow this rule. 

This stuff was always taxable if you made a profit, even a garage sale is taxable if you sell something for more than what you paid for it. It used to be the honer system, now there is evidence that's the only difference.

Unreal. A country that taxes a person’s home to the tune of thousands of dollars a quarter even when retired is not a free country.

Sorry but freedom and paying taxes are two entirely different things.

All the above reinforces why I try to avoid PayPal at all costs. That and their biased policy towards the buyer in a transaction using PP. So if I purchase equipment from a dealer or e company equivalent, I pay taxes at that time. And if I use PP to sell that equipment, I may, without proper documentation, pay taxes again. The idiocy of it all is beyond astounding.

The world is upside down in so many critical ways. My big question is why the IRS, PP and AG are doing this.

@bubinga 

It's the government, not the IRS, PayPal or audiogon they are just following the new tax laws. The tax payment was always due, if you made a profit, now there is just a paper trail for them to trace

The "new" tax laws should reign in the tax cheaters, not the folks trying to sell used equipment.

Just another example of the Government trying to squelch the little guy...because they are easier targets...

ozzy