On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “ARPA”) into law. The ARPA includes clarifying language regarding the scope of Form 1099-K (Payment Card and Third Party Network Transactions) reporting for third party payment networks and a change to the de minimis reporting standard applicable to third party settlement organizations (“TPSOs”) effective for returns required to be filed for 2022.
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IRS Modifies 2015 6050W Letter Ruling
By S. Michael Chittenden on
Posted in Information Reporting, IRS
The IRS released a modified private letter ruling superseding a ruling issued in late 2015 under Section 6050W. That ruling had determined that the party requesting the ruling was a third-party settlement organization. The new ruling does not change the conclusion, but removes one rationale upon which the earlier ruling had based its determination.
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