Reporting threshold
There are no changes to what counts as income or how tax is calculated. The reporting threshold for third party settlement organizations, which include payment apps and online marketplaces, was changed to $600 by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
Yes. The IRS requires that you report all of your income, even if it's less than $600 and you didn't get a tax form for it.
The IRS has delayed the lowered $600 reporting threshold for the past 3 years, most recently November 2024. What you need to know for 2024 reporting. The IRS recently released guidance on 2024 reporting. Calendar year 2024 will be regarded as a transition year, but there is a phase-in for the reporting threshold.
If you made a profit or gain on the sale of a personal item, your profit is taxable. The profit is the difference between the amount you received for selling the item and the amount you originally paid for the item.
As an independent contractor, you are self-employed and only pay tax on your net profit after deducting eligible business expenses. You must pay self-employment (Social Security and Medicare) taxes if your net profits are $400 or more.
The new "$600 rule"
Under the new rules set forth by the IRS, if you got paid more than $600 for the transaction of goods and services through third-party payment platforms, you will receive a 1099-K for reporting the income.
Do You Have to File Taxes If You Made Less than $5,000? Typically, if a filer files less than $5,000 per year, they don't need to do any filing for the IRS. Your employment status can also be used to determine if you're making less than $5,000.
In the rare situation where you sold a personal use asset for more than what you bought it for, then you would report the sale on your tax return and you would report capital gain income for the amount you sold the asset above what you paid for the asset.
For the 2022 tax year, the gross income threshold for filing taxes varies depending on your age, filing status, and dependents. Generally, the threshold ranges between $12,550 and $28,500. If your income falls below these amounts, you may not be required to file a tax return.
To trigger this penalty, the unreported income amounts must be $500 or more. If you forget to report $300 in income one year and $10,000 the following year, you won't face this penalty as the first instance does not count. However, you may face other penalties, late fees, and interest.
If you make $600 a year living in the region of California, USA, you will be taxed $52.50. That means that your net pay will be $548 per year, or $45.63 per month. Your average tax rate is 8.8% and your marginal tax rate is 8.8%.
The truth is that $600 is just the threshold for the employer providing a formal 1099-MISC form to you and to the IRS. Even if they don't file the form, you still need to report the income. Regardless of whether you got paid $5 or $500, income is income, and it should all be reported.
If you have income below the standard deduction threshold for 2024, which is $14,600 for single filers and $29,200 for those married filing jointly, you may not be required to file a return. However, you may want to file anyway.
The main taxes to consider are income tax and sales tax. As a reseller, you pay income tax on your net profit—the amount left after deducting business expenses from your total revenue. This is reported on your tax return, typically using a Schedule C form if you're a sole proprietor.
The lingering impacts of the pandemic, including changes in income sources, tax relief expirations, and new legislation, have all contributed to changes in tax liability. These factors might explain why you owe taxes in 2024.
Under the notice, a TPSO will be required to report payments in settlement of third-party network transactions when the amount of total payments for those transactions is over $5,000 during calendar year 2024; over $2,500 during calendar year 2025; and over $600 during calendar year 2026 and after.
You don't have to report gifts to the IRS unless the amount exceeds $18,000 in 2024 (increasing to $19,000 in 2025). Any gifts exceeding $18,000 in a year must be reported and contribute to your lifetime exclusion amount. You can gift up to $13.61 million over your lifetime without paying a gift tax on it (as of 2024).
Simply put, when you sell a home for more than you purchased, the difference between the sales price and the purchase price is subject to capital gains tax. Suppose you bought a home for $300,000 and sold it for $400,000. The $100,000 you make in profit will be taxed as capital gains.
An activity is presumed for profit if it makes a profit in at least three of the last five tax years, including the current year (or at least two of the last seven years for activities that consist primarily of breeding, showing, training or racing horses).
If your online auction sales involve used items and are the equivalent of an occasional garage or yard sale, you generally don't have to report income from those sales, especially if you are selling the items for less than you paid for them.
The federal self-employment tax is 15.3%, so you could save money if your income from an activity or pastime qualifies as hobby income. And if your activity generates less than $400 in 2025, you don't need to pay self-employment taxes, even if your income doesn't qualify as hobby income.