Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I received about $1000 for a large Fourth of July party from several family members and put it all towards the food and drinks. Will this be taxed?
No. Nothing has changed regarding what's taxable income.
That doesn't mean anything. You think PayPal, Venmo, etc. are going to figure out why you received $1000+? No, they're just going to report it to the IRS, send you the 1099, anyway, no you'll be forced to prove you received $1000 to pay for a BBQ party. Pain.in.the.ass. we all know the govt will overzealous with their new army of IRS agents and try to argue and nauseum with people over proving that they received the money to pay for expenses. Ridiculous.
So much wrong with this reply.
1) It's not going to be a pain in the ass. There will be a line where you report whatever number is on the 1099 but then probably a line in which you offset or claim it's exempt or whatever. You only have to explain if you get audited. You probably won't get audited.
2) There's no "new army of IRS agents" with which you have to "argue." I suspect you are alluding to the hiring of new agents over the next decade to replace attrition of rank-and-file employees. It's not like they're all auditors, not even close, and all that's going to is staff the IRS at levels it should have been all along. So, stop with the inflammatory language.