Tax year 2011 brings additional challenges with the new 1099-K tax requirements for online sellers, including eBay, Etsy and Amazon. Here you will find helpful information and valuable tips to make preparing for taxes a little easier.
Online sellers, including eBay, Etsy and Amazon who have $20,000 or more in gross sales and 200 transactions or more will now receive 1099-K forms from their third-party payment networks (e.g. PayPal) showing gross sales reported to the IRS. It may sound scary, but don’t worry. There’s help.
"What the heck do I do with the 1099-K form I received?"
| January 31 |
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| Deadline for ecommerce providers (e.g. PayPal, Amazon Services) to send 1099-K forms to online sellers |
| April 17 |
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Download this useful-guide, written in easy-to-understand terms to help demystify taxes and make the process manageable so you can get back to running your business.
The IRS compares your return against industry “standards” and if a line on your return seems suspiciously different from industry norms, your return gets kicked up the chain until an auditor decides if its time to investigate your business further.