臥室，請進來看看律師的回答：不交稅是違法的。

我給你總結個大意：是收入就要交稅。這是大原則。怎麽交稅，交多少，得看美國浩如煙海的稅法。

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11658852/ns/business-answer_desk/

I have a very simple question but one in which no one seems to have an answer. I made $2,600 profit on eBay selling old items last year. Do I need to report that income on my tax return? … Ebay does not send out 1099's, so I ask: how would the federal government know what I made selling items on Ebay? They would not. The other point some people have mentioned was it a business or a hobby selling items on Ebay? For me it was a hobby. I did not buy and resell items at a higher price. My tax accountant advised me not to report the extra income. I am interested to hear your thoughts on the issue and what the IRS thinks? Michael, Randallstown, MD

It is against the law not to report all income to the IRS.

It’s also true that billions of dollars in income go unreported every year. The exact amount, for obvious reasons, is tough to pin down. Much of this unreported income doesn't hit the IRS radar because it comes from sources that don't independently report it -- like wages paid by employers or dividend and interest income paid by banks and investment firms. To help you stay on the right side of the law, the IRS has come up with all sorts of ways to report this miscellaneous income. If you want to call your eBay venture a hobby, for example, you can only do this as long as you're not pursuing the hobby with the intention of making money. (One test requires that you make no profit from your hobby in two of five consecutive years.) If you do report this as hobby income, you can deduct hobby expenses from your that income. But you can’t use hobby losses to offset other, non-hobby income.

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• 那麽俺估摸大多數美國人都違法了吧 -woth- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2011 postreply 20:21:13

• 你沒讀完全文。稅法很複雜，我比畫輪-布費的稅率高，不研究不知道。 -用戶名被占用了- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2011 postreply 20:22:48

• 呸，顯擺你比畫輪-布費賺得多。。。 -徒勞- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2011 postreply 20:26:14

• 呸 back，I didn't say that. -用戶名被占用了- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2011 postreply 20:27:07

• 實際情況是 -仨飽一倒- ♂ (78 bytes) () 03/05/2011 postreply 20:21:58

• 94，好多東西都是心照不宣，不能太認真 -徒勞- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2011 postreply 20:24:42

• 看代價。我認識個大頭在FL現金買了遊艇，運到紐約，然後自動去補稅。為啥？代價太大。 -用戶名被占用了- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2011 postreply 20:26:30

• 為啥？俺還是不明白啊 -woth- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2011 postreply 20:29:27

• 怕給抓住唄。08年金融風暴時就有人被揭露在DE買名畫去放在紐約家裏 -徒勞- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2011 postreply 20:38:53

• 我過去炒菜時，有幾個老美經常來吃飯，熟了以後，說了實話 -仨飽一倒- ♂ (67 bytes) () 03/05/2011 postreply 20:28:06

• 俺去年在網上賣了大概30美元的東西，也要交稅？ -woth- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2011 postreply 20:27:29

• 最好找個CPA替你算算。。。 -用戶名被占用了- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2011 postreply 20:28:35

• cpa估摸得收俺300，是不是啊 -woth- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2011 postreply 20:29:54

• 小問題一般也不收錢 -豪客來2010- ♂ (147 bytes) () 03/05/2011 postreply 20:37:34

• 我剛剛算了一下，你需要補交160刀稅，把支票寄給我，我負責轉交國稅局 -仨飽一倒- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2011 postreply 20:29:48

• sales tax on yard sale... -jy101- ♂ (306 bytes) () 03/05/2011 postreply 20:31:16

• 那人應該留老發票， 算利息等， 把利潤降到最低 -豪客來2010- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2011 postreply 20:25:12

• the word here is $2,600 profit -jy101- ♂ (69 bytes) () 03/05/2011 postreply 20:26:56

• 應該不是吧，她那些東西可能原價比這個高多了 -woth- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2011 postreply 20:28:34

• 我感覺問的那人不懂， 把銷售額當作利潤了。 -豪客來2010- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2011 postreply 20:34:55

• 俺也覺得是，銷售額和利潤是兩碼事。俺這麽笨的人都明白呢 -woth- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2011 postreply 20:37:47

• 這麽看你的收入的哪個級別了，2600最好還是報，然後找點東西抵掉 -周啟生- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2011 postreply 23:53:36