paypal rule changes
4 years ago
While I've only done one commission recently (not posted yet, but now's a good time to mention I am looking to take care of at people who were queued up for years waiting for my availability first hence why slots are not publicly open) I was hoping to kick things into high gear at some point in the future. Unfortunately it's been brought to my attention that paypal seems off the table if you're working a dayjob and/or have an IBR in regards to student loans due to how recent legislation (a somewhat brazen violation of the 4th amendment I might add) under the questionable pretext of going after the rich will pretty much immediately send all of your paypal transactions directly to the IRS and net you a 1099; I mean that was ALWAYS the case, but now the threshold is at 0.6K instead of the previous 20K benchmark which is a serious problem for artists at the lower end of things.
Anyways, it might become more common for artists to start using western union instead, I think that may be the only way I accept payments if I do start doing commissions on the regular. You may want to look into getting an account there even though it is less convenient than paypal.
Anyways, it might become more common for artists to start using western union instead, I think that may be the only way I accept payments if I do start doing commissions on the regular. You may want to look into getting an account there even though it is less convenient than paypal.
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I mean technically it’s on the books things are supposed to be like that, but it feels pretty egregious for the government to use the pandemic as an opportunity to wench what is pretty much tip money out of people’s hands (meanwhile insider trading is fine because of “the free market”, ironic considering that person’s platform who said that)
I probably wouldn’t care normally but I get fucked from 2 ends since that increases the IBR student loan thing for me.
Using western union is no problem for me