HEADS UP: Citibank reporting "free" airline miles to IRS as income for opening checking / savings accounts!
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huh? you are supposed to be paying it in the first place, so not a big deal, unless you don't pay your taxes correctly, i guess.
HEADS UP: Citibank reporting "free" airline miles to IRS as income for opening checking / savings accounts!
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I had no idea this things would actually be considered to put in the income tax forms everything seems taxable which sucks.
I think what he is trying to say is tax us the working class more...
HEADS UP: Citibank reporting "free" airline miles to IRS as income for opening checking / savings accounts!
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Which credit card?
HEADS UP: Citibank reporting "free" airline miles to IRS as income for opening checking / savings accounts!
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Yea lets tax the taxpayer even more, and ignore the real problems, like congress spending too much, entitlements, illegal aliens etc etc ...
HEADS UP: Citibank reporting "free" airline miles to IRS as income for opening checking / savings accounts!
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This is old news. Citibank is the only one doing it and only doing it for checking/savings, not credit cards. So far.
HEADS UP: Citibank reporting "free" airline miles to IRS as income for opening checking / savings accounts!
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I am sorry to say that my neighbor (a lawyer) received the form on a credit card! The IRS is no longer ignoring it -
HEADS UP: Citibank reporting "free" airline miles to IRS as income for opening checking / savings accounts!
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This isnt about government spending. You should be reporting this yourself even if you didn't get a form in the mail.
I have a website that pays out approx 300/year in google ad revenue. I haven't...
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Dey terker jerbs!
It's not about ignoring or not... IRS clearly defines miles from a checking/savings as "interest" (reportable) and from a CC as a reward/rebate (not reportable). The only concern...
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The point is that it seems like Citybank did NOT dislose to new customers takinmg this del that they are liable for 2.5 cents per mile to IRS.
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Exactly, there is a point when taxation becomes theft, and we crossed that line a long time ago, there should be a flat tax of 15% that includes corporations (which most pay anyways), and if congress...
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I just dont see how the creditcard companies can assign an arbritrary value to airmiles. For one thing not all airline miles are valued the same from one airline to another or even one creditcard to...
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True, all of your income is supposed to be reported to the IRS, even from your lemonade stand/garage sale.
In practice, people only report income that gets reported by the IRS to other entities...
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I also had the same thoughts about if I didn't receive a 1099 form I assume no need to even report on the taxes. Ya I do know about garage sales and all that to be reported in tax, but its to much...
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Heads up to everyone taking advantage of AA miles Citibank checking/savings offers!! (at this time, I am not aware of CC offers being in the same boat):
Sources:
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Agree with you 100 percent! I feel taxation is becomed theft its to much increase taxes yet congress spends more than what is taxed. I don't have any problems to pay taxes, but its getting...
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it's airline miles. it's one of the few things that the IRS "ignores"
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HEADS UP: Citibank reporting "free" airline miles to IRS as income for opening checking / savings accounts!
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The point is they are reporting the miles at 2.5 cents a mile... Which is insane.