astro_zombie138
Champion
If you pm me, give me the paypal address and I can check it against one I paid to him a year or so ago.
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astro_zombie138
Champion
Paypal checked out.
@ArcSys101 Sorry for being suspicious. With all that scam story, i turned paranoiac 
Waiting for the tracking number. Take your time, i'll be patient
Waiting for the tracking number. Take your time, i'll be patient
No, cap gains are NOT adjusted for inflation. Yes the service expects the taxpayer to track their basis in assets. Fwiw I think it’s unlikely that this policy will be policed at least initially due to the sheer administrative burden of doing so for the service but you don’t want to be one made an example of either.
Cash-only parking lot sales it is then for everything local lol
Monstermug
Professional
A simple username next to pictures of pcbs will elminiate 99.99% of cases like this.
Does the US not have a yearly capital gains tax credit to mitigate this for most people?
In Ireland, each tax year, the first €1,270 of your gain (after deducting losses) is exempt from CGT.
It's only a small mercy really for us though because absolutely everything over that is taxed at a flat 33%
I recently sold off some artwork and the amount of tax I had to pay would make your eyes water.
would not help this case. This scam was about editing already existing sales posts and redirecting the payment.
GoldenGlover
Grand Master
Just spitballing here, but could there be some sort of Twitter/X-like blue check mark that can be added next to usernames that have valid e-Mail addresses linked to their PayPal accounts? Might be a pipe dream but worth asking. Would give me a lot more confidence sending F&F again heh.
"send $600 friend and family and let me know please. Now i'm waiting confirm." should have been a red flag between the esl and unnecessary urgency. not to mention the completely unrelated name on the email address and "my wife".
GoldenGlover
Grand Master
Some of our users do speak that way though…
Not really. The only break real break is if you sell your primary residence, then the first 250k of gain is excluded from your income.Does the US not have a yearly capital gains tax credit to mitigate this for most people?
In Ireland, each tax year, the first €1,270 of your gain (after deducting losses) is exempt from CGT.
It's only a small mercy really for us though because absolutely everything over that is taxed at a flat 33%
Artwork and collectibles (think stamps or coins but could broadly covers "antiques") are technically their own category of asset for tax purposes of gain determination. Collectibles held for more than one year are assessed long-term capital gains taxes that are capped at 28%. Collectibles held for less than one year are taxed the same as ordinary income rates. The gain rate on collectibles is considerably higher than the tax rate on most capital asset long-term capital gains, which is an average of 15% for most people. Not sure if our world would be determined to be as collectibles for this purpose but its not farfetched to see auditor try and make that claim.
Monstermug
Professional
Exactly, a hand wriiten username on a piece of paper next to every sale would eliminate this.
Edit: oh sorry i thought they were all started from new. Cant think of any fool proof way to circumvent that. Maybe displaying account info such as date of last email change? And location of login?
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Monstermug
Professional
So hackers would have to also gain access to users email which would usually also be linked to paypal. So before making payment checking if email has been changed recently? Or location suddenly changes from usa to india.
astro_zombie138
Champion
They logged into my account and changed the associated e-mail linked to the account. They did not access my actual e-mail. Only reason I noticed was because I got an e-mail stating my linked email changed but no way to dispute it or report it. That reminds me, I think that needs to be changed.
