Live data from Hacker News

Stripe And A/B Testing Made Me A Small Fortune

kalzumeus.com

161–164 of 164 posts

Re: Stripe And A/B Testing Made Me A Small Fortune

#161

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i find that really hard to believe in this day and age of cyber criminal and so much activity in terms of stolen identities.

Credit card fraud doesn't really affect the end user, except in time lost disputing fraudulent charged. Mostly the cost of fraud is born by the retailer who receives no money even though they have already shipped the goods. That said, in 13 years of credit card use, I have been defrauded 0 times.

its still a huge pain in the a$$ , cancelling credit cards, changing any account associated with credit card, waiting for new one in mail, etc. Just the avoiding the potential headaches, is enough reason for me not to enter my credit card in sites. I really can't believe the sentiment of the avg user is that much different from mine

Re: Stripe And A/B Testing Made Me A Small Fortune

#162
post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a good question and I would really like to see it answered.

They have to send you a 1099-K like all other payment processors... if you made over $20,000 in gross sales in the year. I got one from PayPal in 2011. https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/marketingweb?cmd=_render-c...

I see, but I thought corporate tax was based off profit, not revenue?

Re: Stripe And A/B Testing Made Me A Small Fortune

#163

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They have to send you a 1099-K like all other payment processors... if you made over $20,000 in gross sales in the year. I got one from PayPal in 2011. https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/marketingweb?cmd=_render-c...

I see, but I thought corporate tax was based off profit, not revenue?

How would PayPal know what your profit is? 1099s are informational forms. They inform you and the IRS how much someone else paid you. They are not directly used in computing your taxes. The purpose of the new 1099-K is to prevent you from receiving $x in credit card sales, then claiming you only had ($x / 2) in gross sales on your tax return.

Re: Stripe And A/B Testing Made Me A Small Fortune

#164

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I see, but I thought corporate tax was based off profit, not revenue?

How would PayPal know what your profit is? 1099s are informational forms. They inform you and the IRS how much someone else paid you. They are not directly used in computing your taxes. The purpose of the new 1099-K is to prevent you from receiving $x in credit card sales, then claiming you only had ($x / 2) in gross sales on your tax return.

Ah I see. Thanks!
Post reply on HN