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IRS goes after eBay, wants info on seller earnings

Tags: eBay + Tax

david
Posted by david 1 year 4 months ago; via arstechnica.com/news.ars/...

The government has recently been leaning on eBay to make sure that sellers are not dodging their own tax responsibilities, but eBay wants no part of the government's plan.

In short, the US government wants to treat eBay as a "broker" who would then be required to file notices with the government about how much money its traders have made. The US proposal calls for this reporting to take place only when people sell more than several thousand dollars worth of merchandise in a year.

With so many people making part or all of their living...

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$200,000,000,000 isn't enough. Let's tax the Internet!

Tags: Telcos + Tax + Congress

Kevom
Posted by Kevom 1 year 12 months ago; via newnetworks.com/ShortSCAN...

The US government has paid the Telcos $200 billion dollars to build up the Internet's infrastructure to support 45mbps internet access due by 2006. We ’re still waiting. Now, they want websites to pay as well. US residents tell your congress person to save the Internet from the greed of the Telcos.

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