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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 (gizmodo.com)
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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.

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[–] solstice@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Right, well, anyway, the IRS budget just got a huge increase under the Biden administration new budget. They're finally hiring a ton of new agents and updating their ancient tech etc. The R party fought tooth and nail against this and there's an active smear campaign to make the average person afraid they're coming after you. R's managed to reduce the budget increase which is going to reduce the IRS ability to go after the whales, as you were griping about in your original post.

[–] somedaysoon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't see any evidence that they would target the whales given proper funding. Your argument hinges on that and it has no basis as far as I've seen.

[–] solstice@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-announces-sweeping-effort-to-restore-fairness-to-tax-system-with-inflation-reduction-act-funding-new-compliance-efforts

The complex structures and tax issues present in large partnerships require a focused approach to best identify the highest risk issues and apply resources accordingly. In 2021, the IRS launched the first stage of its Large Partnership Compliance (LPC) program with examinations of some of the largest and most complex partnership returns in the filing population. The IRS is now expanding the LPC program to additional large partnerships...By the end of the month, the IRS will open examinations of 75 of the largest partnerships in the U.S. that represent a cross section of industries including hedge funds, real estate investment partnerships, publicly traded partnerships, large law firms and other industries. On average, these partnerships each have more than $10 billion in assets.

Believe me when I tell you a partnership with $10b assets is insane. Auditing that is extremely labor intensive and requires a ton of highly specialized skills and that all requires resources.

There's really nothing left to argue here so please just take this at face value and move on.