If you resold Taylor Swift Eras Tour tickets, the IRS is watching — A new rule from the IRS is punishing those who resold tickets for more than $600 in profit with a tax penalty::A new rule from the IRS is punishing those who resold tickets for more than $600 in profit with a tax penalty.

  • hansl@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    If you resell tickets for 600$ in profit, you’re not “the people”, you’re a scalper and I have no sympathy for you. This is a good rule.

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        1 year ago

        IRS isn’t in the business of stopping transactions (unless it’s money laundering) anyway

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      1 year ago

      Agreed. Obviously, the tax code should be better enforced against wealthy people, but you can support one action without it meaning you don’t support another.

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      1 year ago

      On the other hand, if it’s worth your time to scalp tickets then you aren’t part of the upper class.

      Edit: but I do agree, fuck scalpers

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        1 year ago

        I’m not well-versed on the subject, but is ticket scalping not a large-scale business at this point? Like, yeah individual ticket holders can be opportunistic, but don’t bots buy tickets by the thousands as soon as they go on sale?

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          1 year ago

          Most of those “businesses” are run by just one person, or maybe a few friends. And how much money do you really think they could be making?