IRS Delays Again $600 Venmo Payment Reporting Requirement Until 2026

 On November 22, 2023 we posted IRS Delays Again $600 Venmo Payment Reporting Requirement Until 2025, now in Notice 2024-85 The IRS provides that calendar years 2024 and 2025 will be regarded as the final transition period for purposes of IRS enforcement and administration of the minimum reporting threshold for Form 1099-K, Payment Card and Third Party Network Transactions.  

Under Notice 2024-85, a third party settlement organization (TPSO) will be required to report payments in settlement of third party network transactions with respect to a participating payee when the amount of total payments for those transactions is more than: 

• $5,000 during calendar year 2024; 
• more than $2,500 during calendar year 2025; and 
• more than $600 during calendar year 2026 and after.  

Notice 2024-85 Also Provides That For Calendar Year 2024, 

The IRS Will Not Assert Penalties Under Section 6651 or 6656 For A TPSO’s Failure To Withhold And Pay Backup 

Withholding Tax During The Calendar Year.

Reporting requirements do not apply to personal transactions such as birthday or holiday gifts, sharing the cost of a car ride or meal, or paying a family member or another for a household bill. These payments are not taxable and should not be reported on Form 1099-K.

However, the casual sale of goods and services, including selling used personal items like clothing, furniture and other household items for a loss, could generate a Form 1099-K for many people, even if the seller has no tax liability from those sales.

This complexity in distinguishing between these types of transactions factored into the IRS decision to delay the reporting requirements an additional year and to plan for a threshold of $5,000 for 2024 in order to phase in implementation. 

Expanded information reporting, which will occur as the result of the change in thresholds for Form 1099-K, is important because it increases tax compliance and can reduce burden on taxpayers seeking to follow the law. The IRS believes that expansion must be managed carefully to help ensure that Forms 1099-K are issued only to taxpayers who should receive them. In addition, it's important that taxpayers understand what to do as a result of this reporting, and that tax professionals and software providers have the information they need to assist taxpayers.

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