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.

  • cjsolx@lemmy.world
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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?

    • Ajen@sh.itjust.works
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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?