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If you resold Taylor Swift Eras Tour tickets, the IRS is watching — A new rule from the IRS is punishing those who resold tickets for more than $600 in profit with a tax penalty (gizmodo.com)
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If you resold Taylor Swift Eras Tour tickets, the IRS is watching — A new rule from the IRS is punishing those who resold tickets for more than $600 in profit with a tax penalty::A new rule from the IRS is punishing those who resold tickets for more than $600 in profit with a tax penalty.

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[–] hansl@lemmy.world 111 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If you resell tickets for 600$ in profit, you’re not “the people”, you’re a scalper and I have no sympathy for you. This is a good rule.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's just capitalists capitalizing. The IRS just wants a cut, not to stop it.

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 year ago

IRS isn't in the business of stopping transactions (unless it's money laundering) anyway

[–] LukeMedia@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Agreed. Obviously, the tax code should be better enforced against wealthy people, but you can support one action without it meaning you don't support another.

[–] SARGEx117@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

And as long as they ACTUALLY do both, then it doesn't matter.

But they don't.

So it does.

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

On the other hand, if it's worth your time to scalp tickets then you aren't part of the upper class.

Edit: but I do agree, fuck scalpers

[–] cjsolx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not well-versed on the subject, but is ticket scalping not a large-scale business at this point? Like, yeah individual ticket holders can be opportunistic, but don't bots buy tickets by the thousands as soon as they go on sale?

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Most of those "businesses" are run by just one person, or maybe a few friends. And how much money do you really think they could be making?

[–] Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

With that logic, we can say scalpers are class traitors, then!