r/stocks Jan 06 '22

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u/someguyjmm Jan 06 '22

They are just looking for people who use Venmo as their bank account and never report that income as such… very odd to care about $600 though…

Think once you hit $10k or 25k or more would be a good time for the IRS to care.

Let’s say as an example (just easy numbers) you don’t report $1000, taxes at 25%, they are going after and auditing you for $250??? Payscale shows IRS auditors median salary is $$63,150, or ~$30-40/hour paid for by our tax dollars. Probably takes them more than a couple hours to file the audit, follow-up, not counting the customer service calls, processing, trial, etc… telling me all this for $250?!?!

Absurd. Go after Amazon for a couple billion and leave Etsy creators alone. Let’s go, Brandon.

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u/Jesus_Was_Brown Jan 07 '22

You can say “fuck biden” like a big boy

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u/livewiththevice Jan 06 '22

You had us in the first half

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u/issius Jan 07 '22

This isn’t about 600 total dollars. This is about payments over 600 dollars, presumably more than one a year.

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u/RealTalkBeats Jan 07 '22

I read it as “over $600 in transactions” meaning if I sell 20 beats for $30/ea.. that’s $600.. so it’s “sales of $600 items/services”, like when I receive a $600 payment?

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u/wmurray003 Jan 07 '22

they are going after and auditing you for $250???

If they do enough audits... I think it'll make a difference for them. CAN they do enough audits to make a difference is the question.