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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nyatii, post: 2754760, member: 85686&quot;]As a matter of routine, the IRS will ask about other sources of income, such as EBay, etc. and if you have a website. They will have no idea how much you make unless income is reported to the IRS, or you volunteer it. However, they may ask to see records, such as bank accts, credit card statements EBay sold listings, and PayPal statements. If you don&#039;t turn them over, or if it appears to be more than just a minor source of income, they have the option of writing a summons to those sources for the records. They can also pull a credit bureau statement if they wish, and are required to do so if you owe over a certain amount and will not pay the bal due.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chances are, if you don&#039;t volunteer that you have an EBay acct, PayPal, website, etc, they won&#039;t have any way of knowing...unless it shows on your bank acct. And, they have no way of knowing that you are selling person to person, unless that person sends in a 1099 showing that he paid you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Which brings up a side note. If you loan someone a bunch of money, or pay someone for something and don&#039;t receive it, send the IRS and that person a 1099 showing that you paid that amount to that person or business . You may never get your money or item, but they get to explain why the income wasn&#039;t reported. </p><p><br /></p><p>The IRS can also show up in person with a demand letter to see records from an individual or business they believe paid you money. This rarely happens unless they believe they have been jerked around, or for large cases.</p><p><br /></p><p>They also have a program called Accurint, which is law enforcement based that will pull up most everywhere you have lived, who lived there as a matter of record, who owned the places, neighbors, relatives, friends, vehicles past &amp; present, real property, hunting licenses, liens, crimes, and sex offences…just to name a few.</p><p><br /></p><p>And there are other sources.</p><p><br /></p><p>However…this doesn’t get done if you pay and file on time, and don’t get pulled for audit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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