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Thursday, November 25
Tuesday, November 23
eBay Sellers: In 2011, PayPal will be required by the IRS to report sales information. Understanding IRS 6050W
NEW TAX LAW FOR ONLINE SELLERS
Everything you need to know about IRS 6050W
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Starting in 2011, all U.S. payment providers including PayPal will be required by the IRS to report sales information about certain merchants to the IRS. We want to help you understand these changes.
- Applies to merchants receiving over $20,000 in gross sales volume AND 200 payments or more
- Applies only for sales beginning on January 1, 2011
Questions? Log in to your account or call 1-888-221-1161
What Is IRS 6050W?
Under the new legislation, PayPal will be required to report to the IRS the total payment volume received by PayPal customers in the US who:
* Receive more than $20,000 in gross payment volume in a single year, AND
* Receive 200 or more payments in a single year.
The IRS changes will apply to all payment providers, including PayPal. They will take effect on January 1, 2011, with the first reports going to the IRS in early 2012. Our goal is to help PayPal merchants to understand and comply with the new requirements.
If you meet the stated thresholds, you will be required to verify your identity by adding a SSN/TIN/EIN to your existing account.
Be sure to read more on PayPal
Saturday, November 20
Brilliant way to think about "experience": The Kano Model presented by @armano #webcomMT #custserv
I learned a lot from David. I think you'll like this short post.
Tuesday, November 16
How does Google Search work? What exactly happens when you click?
Here’s a video that should answer some of your questions as to how Google works. It provides a very brief and easy-to-understand explanation of what happens when you perform a search in Google! It even gives you some interesting SEO (search engine optimization) ideas. The person presenting is Matt Cutts, who works for the Search Quality group in Google.
If your Small business would like a simple Facebook welcome page without knowing FBML, check @hy_ly Welcome app
The folks at hy.ly are doing some great things, most recently a simple to use Facebook welcome page app. You can put together a welcoming page on your Business or Fan page in just a few minutes. The best part is that it won't look like a giant ad and overwhelm your visitors.
Once you've installed the app, just adjust your privacy settings so that new visitors will land on your welcome page first.
Hy.ly plans to adapt this app to allow you to run contests, show specials and lots more.