Paypal caving to the IRS?

[Lord T Hawkeye]

https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/marketingweb?cmd=_render-content&fli=true&content_ID=marketing_us/IRS6050W

This particularily concerns a friend of mine who uses Paypal to take payment for art (yes, the same one who does my own webcomic).  Him and his girlfriend are not rich and cannot afford to have the IRS harrassing them.

Should they be worried?  Is there anything they can do?

[MrBogosity]

It's a new law, so PayPal doesn't have any choice. This is one of those horrible things stuck in as a rider to the health care bill.

Write your congresscritter.

[Gumba Masta]

This part about it only being applicable for 20000 dollars transaction worth or over 200 transactions, is that in total or per year?

[Lord T Hawkeye]

It's a new law, so PayPal doesn't have any choice. This is one of those horrible things stuck in as a rider to the health care bill.

Cause the healthcare bill was all about helping the poor and blah blah blah...

Thieves, murderers and traitors, the whole lot of them...

Write your congresscritter.

Why?  What do they care?  They got your money whatever your opinion is anyway.

[MrBogosity]

Opinions sent en masse DO make a difference.

[Travis Retriever]

Opinions sent en masse DO make a difference.

Except Lord T Hawkeye lives in Canada, and, as far as I know, isn't a US citizen (can't vote in our elections).

[Lord T Hawkeye]

It's my friends I'm worried about and I think you might be being a little too optimistic there Shane.

[MrBogosity]

I've seen it work.

[VectorM]

Well, what exactly do you lose if you try?

[MrBogosity]

Especially since DownsizeDC makes it so easy!