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Privacy Tip #439 – Government Officials’ Venmo Accounts Publicly Accessible

Wired has reported that several government officials involved in the Signal chat exposing sensitive national security plans have also exposed their Venmo accounts by not adjusting their account privacy settings to prohibit...more

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Senate adopts CRA resolution to nullify rule subjecting large cash apps to bureau supervision

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Using the Congressional Review Act, the Senate has voted to nullify a CFPB final rule that would subject large cash apps to the bureau’s supervision....more

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Will You Recognize the Form 1099-K When You Receive it This Year?

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Will you recognize the Form 1099-K when you receive it from one or more third-party marketplace providers this year?  A few years ago, the IRS implemented new reporting requirements for many popular peer-to-peer payment apps...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Transitional Delay – Increased Reporting to the IRS for PayPal, Venmo, Third-Party Payment Networks – Threshold $5,000 for 2024

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On November 26, 2024, the IRS announced transitional relief for the much-maligned tax reporting requirement for third party payment networks. The reporting threshold will now be $5,000 for the year 2024 rather than $600 to...more

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2023 Year in Review: Fintech

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Welcome to the Fintech chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review. Looking Ahead to 2024 - The CFPB is expected to finalize rulemaking authorizing supervision of payment application...more

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Electronic Funds Transfers-what you need to know when using cash applications such as Venmo

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Visit https://compliance911show.com for more episodes. Len and Dean focus on Electronic Funds Transfers, particularly person-to-person (P2P) payment apps like Venmo, Apple Pay, and Zelle. Dean elaborates on the December...more

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1099-K Reporting: IRS Further Delays the Day of RecKoning

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In early November, we issued an alert on the filing of information returns by payment settlement entities, such as PayPal or Venmo, when sellers of goods or services use them to carryout payments with buyers (see 1099-K...more

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Do You Have to Pay Taxes When Selling Goods or Services Online?

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We are often asked if one has to pay taxes when selling goods or services online.  That question became even more relevant this week when the IRS postponed the new “$600 Rule.” This is a particular relief for those wo receive...more

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What to Know About Reporting Apple Pay, Venmo and Cash App Transactions

Weber Gallagher’s Family Law Group often reviews payments made through popular mobile apps, including Venmo and Apple Pay, in discovery and for support purposes. Clients who utilize one of the many mobile payment platforms...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

IRS Postpones Implementation of $600 form 1099-K Reporting Until 2023

The information reporting form, IRS Form 1099-K (Payment Card and Third-Party Network Transactions), is used to track business payments made through credit or debit cards and peer-to-peer services such as Venmo, Cash App and...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

New IRS Form 1099-K Rules May Create Tax Reporting Complications For Online Businesses And Gig Workers

The information reporting form, IRS Form 1099-K (Payment Card and Third-Party Network Transactions), is used to track business payments made through credit or debit card and peer-to-peer services such as Venmo, Cash App and...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Ohio’s campaign finance laws permit use of peer-to-peer payment systems

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If you are thinking about using Venmo to accept campaign donations, you now have guidance from the Ohio Elections Commission to permissibly do so.  The Ohio Elections Commission advised that the use of peer-to-peer...more

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Apple Pay, Venmo, and Cash App Must Now Be Reported to the IRS

Weber Gallagher’s Family Law Group often reviews payments made through popular mobile apps, including Venmo and Apple Pay, in discovery and for support purposes. Clients who utilize one of the many mobile payment platforms...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Postscript on Increased Reporting to the IRS for PayPal, Venmo, Third-Party Payment Networks

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As we wrote in December, third-party payment networks, such as PayPal and Venmo, must report to the IRS any transactions for goods or services in excess of $600 starting this year. The House’s Build Back Better Proposal would...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

New Tax Rule Changes Reporting Requirements For Venmo, Paypal, Cash App

A new tax rule will see the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) gain information on income small businesses receive via transactions on popular payment applications. As of Jan. 1, 2022, businesses that accept more than $600 per...more

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Digital, Digital Break Down: How to Make Sure You’re *NSYNC with IRS Changes for Reporting Virtual Payment Transactions

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You may have seen recent headlines warning that the IRS is tracking certain transactions paid using digital payment services such as Paypal, Cash App, Zelle, and Venmo. Even worse, you may have wondered whether a new law...more

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Increased Reporting to the IRS Required for PayPal, Venmo, Third-Party Payment Networks

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Small businesses take note: Starting January 1, third-party payment networks, such as PayPal and Venmo, must report to the IRS any transactions for goods or services in excess of $600. Under current law, such “third party...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Dollars, Coins, And Tokens: Is Your Business Prepared For Digital Currency?

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When Tesla announced that it would begin accepting Bitcoin payments, it sent shock waves through the automotive industry and cryptocurrency markets. Many businesses are apprehensive about accepting cryptocurrencies for...more

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Two Businessmen Convicted Of Bank Fraud Conspiracy For Assisting Cannabis Company With Transactions

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Two businessmen have been convicted in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York of helping a California-based cannabis company avoid bank flags for illegal cannabis-related transactions. A New York jury found...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

“Just Send a Venmo!”…To a Collection Agency?

As a result of COVID-19, many businesses are leery of handling cash, credit cards, or debit cards, and consumers feel concerned about using paper money and coins. It is therefore unsurprising that a byproduct of the COVID-19...more

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CFPB Investigating Venmo’s Funds Transfer and Debt Collection Policies

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In a recently filed Form 10-K, PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PayPal) announced that it received a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on January 21 “related to Venmo’s unauthorized...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights: Issue 8, October 2020

Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act - What You Need to Know - Between the Civil War and 1940, the United States periodically had legislation that prevented lawsuits against soldiers and sailors during times of conflict. Then,...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.12.2020 | Top Story: Court Rules Apple Doesn’t Have to Offer Fortnite in App Store

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Big Friday win for Apple in its ongoing battle with Epic Games, as N.D. Cal. Federal Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled that Cook & Co. didn’t “need to reinstate the popular video game Fortnite in its App Store,” a blow to...more

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Financial Daily Dose 5.6.2020 | Top Story: California Sues Uber and Lyft Over Alleged Violations of State’s New Gig-worker...

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California has sued ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft over alleged violations of a new state law that requires companies to treat gig workers as employees “if they control how workers perform tasks or if the work is a...more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.13.2019 | Top Story: US Announces Phase One Trade Agreement With China, But No Confirmation From Chinese

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The US and China have reportedly reached an initial agreement on the “final terms of a phase one trade deal, moving both countries closer to signing a pact that” the White House originally announced in October and averting...more

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