Received a 1099-k form yesterday from ebay, I haven't sold anything on ebay.

[better_night47]

Yesterday I received a 1099-k form from ebay, the only problem is I have never sold any items on ebay.  On the form it says for both the month of june and july of 2021 it says the gross amount of payment/third party network transactions was $822.48. Again I have never sold nor listed anything for sale on ebay before. I checked my transactions for those two months and I made four purchases that totaled $360. So I am not sure why I am getting this form. Is this a scam? 

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@nicholagrzyw_0 wrote:

I just received a 1099 today.  42 transactions, totaling over $1400.  I have never actually sold anything on Ebay. I can go into my account, and there are no records or signs that I ever sold anything.

All my data on 1099 is accurate, minus the fact I received $0 from ebay . . .

Waiting on call back from an Ebay agent.

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@nicholagrzyw_0  does it list your eBay ID on the form or a different one? 

[nicholagrzyw_0]

I got a call back from Ebay.  (Came under 866-540-3229).

Agent immediately informed me that there was a system error that was sending out erroneous 1099-K.

7-14 business days, a corrected 1099-K should be sent to costumers and IRS.

A large part of me is still concerned . . . but I guess I'll wait the 2 weeks to see if I do get a new one.

Agent claimed "you can just ignore it".  Its hard to ignore an official piece of paperwork that was sent to the IRS.

[nicholagrzyw_0]

It was my ID. 

Just replied to thread, but I'll state it here too. 

Got a call back from Ebay. Agent informed it was system error, they are already working on fix. 7-14 business days the corrected 1099-K should be sent to customers and IRS.

I'll have to wait and see I guess.

She did state that a communication will be going out soon also . . .

[slippinjimmy]

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@ljsj2757 wrote:

i received 2 1099k's 1 have 2 accounts both were under the reporting threshold.. i did sell but not that much..i am personally completely finished with eBay no more selling no more buying

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Besides the threshold being $1200 for MO, the threshold is based on the total of ALL accounts using the same SSN or ITN.

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@nicholagrzyw_0 wrote:

It was my ID. 

Just replied to thread, but I'll state it here too. 

Got a call back from Ebay. Agent informed it was system error, they are already working on fix. 7-14 business days the corrected 1099-K should be sent to customers and IRS.

I'll have to wait and see I guess.

She did state that a communication will be going out soon also . . .

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Thanks for that info @nicholagrzyw_0 glad you got through to support- but I have to wonder how exactly they are going to notify the people who say they've never even created an eBay account (for either buying *or* selling) or the ones who confirmed the user ID doesn't match theirs.  🤔

[lloydsteventaylor]

Does the 1099 have your social security number on it?

[amyandherbert-2008]

why are they even sending them out i printed my off line

[liawrig.nq8rdwqa3]

OP, Ebay has a twitter support account.  I talk to them a lot and they resolve things.  Go to twitter and search for Ebay help.

Otherwise,  if not resolved through CS, you will have to open a Better Business Complaint.

[ljsj2757]

1st of all someone should not have received a 1099k for under $2000.00 in sales and 21 transactions.. 

[ljsj2757]

they are liar's

[ljsj2757]

hoping you can help me.. i have never received a 1099k until today..i never received one because i did not sell enough to warrant one.. however today i got one for less than $3000.00 in sales..so regardless of how or why i have to deal with it.. how do i go about preparing this for the IRS.. i know i have to pay taxes on the profit no way to get around that.. but how do i show my cost: shipping, price of item etc..how do i go about this

[pburn]

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@ljsj2757 wrote:

hoping you can help me.. i have never received a 1099k until today..i never received one because i did not sell enough to warrant one.. however today i got one for less than $3000.00 in sales.

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@ljsj2757 

I can definitely help you!

You appear from your listings to reside in the great state of Missouri. Missouri's threshold for the issuance of a Form 1099-K for the tax year 2021 was $1,200. Were your sales equal to or above $1,200?

And since I know Missouri is the "Show Me" state, here goes:

From the Department of Revenue/State of Missouri website:

https://dor.mo.gov/taxation/business/tax-types/withholding/documents/Missouri1099FilingGuidelines.pd...

[mcmarython]

The same thing happened to our family foundation, which has never sold anything on ebay (nor any employees or family members) but received a purported 1099 today for "61 payment card and third party network ransactions" totalling almost $2,500 in May and June of 2021.  The sender was eBay Commerce Inc.  Calling the eBay customer service number given was pointless because the only way to get a human on the line was to give the first four letters of our account ID, which doesn't exist!

[cggr7900_42yn8plcq]

@cggr7900_42yn8plcq wrote:

Yesterday I bought on ebay for the first time in years, and I have never sold anything on eBay. Today I received an IRS From 1099-K for 2021 claiming that I'd had over $3,000 in sales in May. The form was from eBay Commerce Inc. in San Jose, addressed to me at a former address. It lists a Filer's TIN which is unknown to me, a payee's TIN which is also not connected to me, and the account number at the bottom is also not connected to me.

Is 800-456-3229. Is 800-456-3229 truly eBay Customer service and safe to call?

[scmat-5144]

Just received a 1099-K;

Contact help immediately, easiest way for me to do this was through the chatbot. You can open a request for the support team to contact you.

Over the phone I provided the support team member with the documented Account number found on the 1099-K form which they were able to trace back to an account that was opened using my personal information.

This is a very easy type of fraud to conduct; it's important that awareness is raised to draw attention so eBay pushes more preventative controls (such as ID verification).

Here is hoping I don't hear from the IRS in a few years.