
IRS Delays Imposing $600 Threshold for Reporting Income from Apps
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has responded to negative feedback from taxpayers, tax professionals, and payment processors and has decided to delay imposing a new $600 reporting threshold requirement for income received from third-party marketplaces and payment organizations like PayPal and Venmo. As part of its much-touted tax enforcement crackdown, the IRS has been preparing to go after small sellers and service providers who are paid through third-party apps. The tax agency was going to do so by implementing the so-called 600 rule (enacted under the American Rescue Plan), which would drastically lower the income threshold above which taxpayers are required to declare income from third-party apps and marketplaces like Etsy, eBay, CashApp, PayPal, Ticketmaster, and Venmo on Form 1099-K....
