As someone who plays a lot of freemium games...

Why is your real name even associated with Google Play?

Also, no, you're a fucking retard.

the porn ads are far more interesting than this thread

>If I buy a $50 card, I pay $50. No tax.
That doesn't sound right, but even if it was, I think it's much more on the merchant to make sure that sales tax is being handled properly.

>When I buy in-app purchases for $9.99, I pay $9.99, no tax again.
I think the sales tax is taken into consideration when providing that $9.99 price

>I think that's odd, but I'm really just wondering because Google Pay uses your social. Google Play doesn't send info about how many cards you're redeeming or for how much to the IRS?
>Has anyone gotten a letter from IRS regarding Google Play?
I was supposed to fill out that tax form thing back in April about 4 months ago, and I don't think the IRS has sent me a letter about that yet.
I'm simply too lazy and stupid to do it.

They really sent you a letter about Google stuff? What form?

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I mean tax gotta be accounted for somewhere tho

I have never entered anything but a CC to pay for anything from the play store I have no idea what you are on about

If you can afford 300 dollars in gems or coins or what the fuck ever why should it matter you can pay tax. Also, no.

Google Pay not Google Play. Google Pay uses social for transferring money, which is owned by google, which owns Google Play.

u need to quit those games Yea Forumsro

>They really sent you a letter about Google stuff? What form?
No. None. I meant the form thing that your parents have to fill out every year when they file taxes. That's what I'm talking about. I didn't fill that one out.

Okay, that's fucking interesting, but I agree with the other dude, that shit's getting accounted for somewhere.
How old are you, OP? 12?

fuck you fagg got

I'm old enough to know that being audited sucks. Last thing I want to cause it is a stupid game.
I played Game of War like 5 years ago and never got anything back then, but that was before I used Google Pay and had to provide a social. This year is the first year I've started buying stuff on Google Play since Game of War.

I use those google cards to pay girls for questionable material.

OP if irs give issue y not pay them in google cards liek ur suppose to ?

Gift cards are not taxable themselves. The purchases you make with them in some instances are though. A Walmart gift card is not taxable but some items you purchase with it will be. Milk, not. Pants. Are. Same for google play but I have no idea if any of their purchases are taxable, movies maybe.. Anyone?

I doubt that google reports those figures to the IRS. Maybe a dollar figure but not who bought what.

This long post is retarded. Yes you pay $50 for a $50 gift card. This idiot doesn’t know how that works apparently.

Secondly, the in app purchases take into account your address associated with your Play account. Any sales tax that is to be collected is for the state and region. It’s just like Amazon when you used to buy something, you didn’t need to pay tax on it. If your region doesn’t have laws mandating tax to be collected, then you shouldn’t pay anything.

If the IRS does claim something, then it’s on Google’s end since they never charged you the correct amount. Google then would be the one paying the difference. Online retailers and services are still very confusing for some people, because of how little overall standard they have. Even after the laws, Amazon still sometimes doesn’t charge you sales tax on something coming directly from them.

TL;DR if google doesn’t collect, it’s on them. Based on your address, sales tax may not need to be collected at all for online sales.

>I'm old enough to know that being audited sucks
It's not for being audited. It's filing taxes.

>I use those google cards to pay girls for questionable material.
wut. Explain, please.

This fucking guy knows what he's talking about.
What are you, an accountant?

And you're worried about the IRS tracking unpaid sales taxes???

You do understand that google knows more about you than anyone on the planet. Including yourself.

That's not a conspiracy theory or a joke, it's a fact. Google cab predict what you want before you know you want it. Unless you absolutely don't use google. Ever.

Facebook too. Even if you've never signed up. Your cell number and name and even email saved into someone else phone while they allow Facebook to view their contacts? Boom, hidden profile.

You're on the internet. Unless you wrap your shit up in proxies and never ever use your name, buy anything, sign up with real info, give anyone your cell number or email to save on their mobile, or basically use anything but Wikipedia... Your being tracked

That is a fact.

I think this is the same guy and he knows his shit.

How retarded am I for not filing taxes yet?
I know it's almost always just an interest-free loan to the government and people get a rebate/refund. I honestly just don't want to put the fucking work in for 500 bucks.

I do. And im fucking Canadian. One of the many benefits of learning American law in middle school.. In Canada.

It's unbelievable how your system has failed you.

Wait so how the hell does a retailer like CVS or Walmart get profit from selling a Google Play card?

Is not me though.

>You do understand that google knows more about you than anyone on the planet. Including yourself.
That's fucking true.
Amazon figured out a chick was pregnant before her dad did. He sued the company because he was ticked about how it was recommending childcare stuff to his daughter, and then he found out she was actually fucking pregnant.
Imagine that. Amazon knows your daughter more than you do.

They get a small cut if the sale. A percent.

Yes they do. They also monitor your masturbatoon habits and send that info to Jesus, Santa, and the Great Pumpkin.

So someone buying a google card in cash would not have to worry about explaining to anyone ever where said cash came from?

>masturbatoon

wow she searched for things related to babies and google started to recommend childcare stuff? what a fucking shock

>It's unbelievable how your system has failed you.
Explain this. Is it failing me because I'm too lazy to collect my money?

>Unless you wrap your shit up in proxies and never ever use your name
I bet you don't wrap your shit up in proxies though, do you?

>And im fucking Canadian. One of the many benefits of learning American law in middle school.. In Canada.
>lawyer
Ah. That explains it.
Destined to become a partner and make millions of dollars a year, huh? Are you enthusiastic about working 80 hours a week? :^)

And pay your taxes. Pay someone to do em. They take a little percentage and and you get a steak and a beer a few times over the next couple months.

Or, invest it. Think of it as a savings each year.

Never. Nope.

>the Great Pumpkin
You're getting up there, dude. I don't know how many other posters are going to appreciate that reference to the peanuts

Different guy but at least he’s not retarded like everyone else in this thread.

It really depends on you financial situation for the year. I personally do my W-4s correctly so my checks get the right amount taken out and I don’t really have a refund or have to pay more.

The IRS will only care about you filing if you made under a certain amount because no matter what, they don’t tax the poor (social security and Medicare still get taken out). If you went through Turbo Tax or something and determined that you were to get a refund, they wouldn’t care if you file or not. The Tax Day that everyone talks about is only the due date for those that owe the IRS money. If you don’t pay, they tack on late fees and interest accrued daily until you pay it.

You have three years to claim a refund from the due date of that year. The kicker is the IRS won’t let you electronically file your tax returns after 5-6 months after the due date. After that, you have to mail in a paper copy.

My advice would be just to sit down for 30 minutes, do it through a program (Turbo Tax pretty much gets the most tax breaks and stuff for me), and get your $500 back. Yeah it is a loan but at least you’re getting it back.

I googled a phone number for a Macy's near me, for the next like 8 weeks all my ads are Macy's ads

That’s the most retarded thing I’ve ever heard. You should be smart enough to do your own taxes as they lay it out pretty simply. Even for itemization.

>Think of it as a savings
Wow it’s like someone took money from you and didn’t pay it back for a whole year without interest or anything. Money that should have been in your possession the whole time. People like you are retarded when you say things like that because it shows a lack of financial responsibility. Fill out your W-4s correctly, actually estimate your income for a year and report it. It’s not that hard. Stop celebrating people taking your money.

>It really depends on you financial situation for the year.
~170k/year
>I personally do my W-4s correctly so my checks get the right amount taken out and I don’t really have a refund or have to pay more.
Yeah, I did my W4 correctly

>sit down for 30 minutes, do it through a program
it does not take 30 minutes! I have to gather a bunch of shit.
>The Tax Day that everyone talks about is only the due date for those that owe the IRS money. If you don’t pay, they tack on late fees and interest accrued daily until you pay it.
So this is what pisses me off.
Why the fuck do I have to figure out how much I owe the government? When I go to Walmart, they ring the stuff up for me. When I go to a restaurant, they give me the receipt. Why doesn't the government just send me the fucking check to sign? If I'm the one that's paying, I shouldn't be the one that does the fucking work

OP here. Thanks for all the replies. I spend a good amount on Google for these dumbass games and each time I think of it it makes me sick. I always hate tax time and fucking healthcare because of fluctuating income with multiple jobs somehow always owing. Just rather keep my google nonsense out of all that shit and not have to worry about anything google related during tax time

>I always hate tax time
>fluctuating income with multiple jobs
Yes! Fucking this!
I made a few grand off fucking crypto too! I had no idea at the time that I'd have to figure out how the fucking taxes work for that shit

can you explain what the questionable content was? what's the app?

Pretty sure you would need to file based on the income.

It takes me a short amount of time, because anything tax related, paystubs, or anything that can be reported on taxes I keep in a file. Once that is completed, I store it.

Sales tax is different from income tax. If they didn’t do anything for Google Play then it’s not going to matter. Unless you’re itemizing your purchases and claiming them as deductions you shouldn’t have to worry about stuff you buy at stores. The only exception to that is for things that are medically required, or for educational purposes as you can get a lot back from those purchases.

If somebody wants me to fucking pay them, then why don't they just send me the fucking number for how much?

The government is the only fucking thing that I can think of that does this. Who the fuck else wants me to pay them and also makes me do the fucking work of how much they need paid?

It's stupid. I have universal healthcare and my premium is based off of how much I tell them I expect to make by the end of the year. Then I randomly decide to grab a part-time or something and by the end of the year I get fucked because I didn't initially tell them about the income I didn't initially know I was gonna have!! Murphy's Law if you can get fucked, you will

Are you talking about this guy?
Because that wasn't me. Though I have heard of crackheads selling stolen Google cards for like half off so I'm assuming he is talking about some kind of hooker crackhead thing

Or Obama care or whatever it's called now. Not universal or low income free health. Just some stupid shit that fucks working people.

u mean healthcare . gov ?

>IRS employee here

Yes, they do.

I cannot believe this thread exists, look up CTR or currency transaction report, I'm a banker, the IRS doesn't care about your microtransactions, they care about $10,000+ in cash, but if you're really a paranoid schizophrenic use bitcoin.

Also, this guy isn't an IRS employee, lol.

If OP pays more than $10,000 to same merchant in one calendar year, doesn't this have to be reported by that merchant?

The merchant reports all income and pays tax, most people are SUPPOSED to pay tax on online purchases but they don't. But with the amount of money in circulation, the IRS is not going to come after anyone buying a few hundred dollars in gift cards/game cards, whatever you call them.

But like I said, if he wants to, he can use a proxy and buy bitcoin or other currency, but no one is going to audit him, worst case scenario he owes $300 tax, lol.

I'd imagine the lowest amount per year the IRS would pay attention to is $1,000, even then, they'd probably put an assistant to review it, and it would probably take them 30 mins to see you did nothing worth mentioning.

just assume that google is evil and will fuck you over because it can