Are bank test deposits taxable?
Are bank test deposits taxable?
Earlier this year, I linked a second bank account with my main account, and my main bank made (but did not ever withdraw) two test deposits totaling $0.22. Will I need to report this on my 2017 taxes?
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Generally speaking companies aren't required to issue 1099's for payments to people under $600, and I doubt they report anything to the IRS that doesn't have a 1099 issued for. So basically you're on the honor system here. From a practical POV I believe everything on your taxes is rounded to the nearest dollar though so this would round down to $0 and not be matter anyway.
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Phew, you just saved me $0.06, kind madam/sir!alshayed wrote:Generally speaking companies aren't required to issue 1099's for payments to people under $600, and I doubt they report anything to the IRS that doesn't have a 1099 issued for. So basically you're on the honor system here. From a practical POV I believe everything on your taxes is rounded to the nearest dollar though so this would round down to $0 and not be matter anyway.
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Is this thread a joke?
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I sure hope so.Eagle4Life wrote:Is this thread a joke?
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Look on it as a token benefit received from a business in the ordinary course of business. If such items were taxable you'd have to report the annual calendar received from vendors you do business with. How about the bartender who buys you a drink?
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The last time a test deposit was done for me, it was also charged back. This would be analogous to the bartender drinking the drink he bought for you. -- TetGill wrote:Look on it as a token benefit received from a business in the ordinary course of business. If such items were taxable you'd have to report the annual calendar received from vendors you do business with. How about the bartender who buys you a drink?
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Such deposits are now normally returned to their sender. We used to get to keep them but that doesn't seem to happen any longer.
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Vanguard has always withdrawn my (their) test deposits.
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Amounts on tax forms are rounded to the nearest dollar so these few pennies can be ignored. If you try to enter them into a tax program (I never have) I suspect they will show up as zero.
It could also be considered a gift well under the tax-free amount but I don't think even that comes into play.
It could also be considered a gift well under the tax-free amount but I don't think even that comes into play.
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A couple of banks have let me keep their test deposits.
I wish deposit/withdrawals from savings accounts did not count as part of the 6 that you are allowed to do monthly. I got pushed over the limit with Ally once, and they charged me a fee. I complained - since the withdrawal really wasn't my doing - and they reluctantly rescinded it. I then wrote the to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - but nothing happened.
I wish deposit/withdrawals from savings accounts did not count as part of the 6 that you are allowed to do monthly. I got pushed over the limit with Ally once, and they charged me a fee. I complained - since the withdrawal really wasn't my doing - and they reluctantly rescinded it. I then wrote the to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - but nothing happened.
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Before they used to withdraw test deposits, I wrote a script to link and remove several accounts programmatically. I ended up "earning" $300-400 before the bank gave me a call and told me to cut it out. I stopped, I had fun though. It was one of my early coding experiments
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In s not a gift when in a business context. Otherwise, you could treat your salary as a non taxable gift.bertilak wrote:Amounts on tax forms are rounded to the nearest dollar so these few pennies can be ignored. If you try to enter them into a tax program (I never have) I suspect they will show up as zero.
It could also be considered a gift well under the tax-free amount but I don't think even that comes into play.
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Seriously, is this a joke?
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You might be overthinking this.
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You're lucky all you got was a warning. Did you receive a 1099 or file taxes on the income? Don't answer that last part! You don't want the IRS coming after you for tax evasion.Goal33 wrote:Before they used to withdraw test deposits, I wrote a script to link and remove several accounts programmatically. I ended up "earning" $300-400 before the bank gave me a call and told me to cut it out. I stopped, I had fun though. It was one of my early coding experiments
https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/sacra ... 091709.htm
Looks like the actual crime wasn't the programming or the deposits, it was the use of fake names and information, so if you didn't do that, there might not be anything illegal. Maybe that is why they stopped letting people keep the change, because a wise guy or two will take it to the extreme.
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This thread is 95% joke.douginct wrote:I sure hope so.Eagle4Life wrote:Is this thread a joke?
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They take it back so I would say no.radnor wrote:Earlier this year, I linked a second bank account with my main account, and my main bank made (but did not ever withdraw) two test deposits totaling $0.22. Will I need to report this on my 2017 taxes?
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Nope, my bank didn't (and even confirmed that they wouldn't).rec7 wrote:They take it back so I would say no.radnor wrote:Earlier this year, I linked a second bank account with my main account, and my main bank made (but did not ever withdraw) two test deposits totaling $0.22. Will I need to report this on my 2017 taxes?
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I have had a few like that not taken back. I want to point out that while PEOPLE/BUSINESSEs do not issue a 1099 misc until 600, banks issue 1099-INT at $10 and sometimes as low as $6. So if you only make $3 on a int bearing acct that won't be reported either.radnor wrote:Nope, my bank didn't (and even confirmed that they wouldn't).rec7 wrote:They take it back so I would say no.radnor wrote:Earlier this year, I linked a second bank account with my main account, and my main bank made (but did not ever withdraw) two test deposits totaling $0.22. Will I need to report this on my 2017 taxes?
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When I have dont this, the few pennies deposited by ACH are soon withdrawn by ACH.radnor wrote:Earlier this year, I linked a second bank account with my main account, and my main bank made (but did not ever withdraw) two test deposits totaling $0.22. Will I need to report this on my 2017 taxes?
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This sure is a headache linking my bank account to my HSA for ACH reimbursements. I wish there was another way. I have to treat it as an above the line contribution and withdrawal for medical expenses, and dial down my work contributions $1 to not go over the limit.
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