PayPal is an awesome service, and I've never had any problem with them. I have a business premiere account with them for 5 or so years now, and its tied to my personal banking account, and never has there been a single issue. Nowadays, you can use Square, but that's not something I recommend unless you have a client with a credit card right there in front of you. You can take credit cards by punching in the number on a card, but I seriously doubt a client is just going to hand you a credit card number willy nilly.
Outside of PayPal, AlertPay (never used it, can't give any good info here) or Google Checkout, I don't have much info to offer. I just only attest to how awesome PayPal has been to me over the years. Their customer service is stellar.
Now, taxes. Pay them. You can list them as "income earned from a hobby" on your IRS tax forms at filing time. Many programs like TurboTax will ask you if you earned anything from a hobby of the year. Do yourself a favor and FILE YOUR EARNINGS, no matter how small. It's a whole lot better than getting audited by the IRS should they find out you've been making income on the side. I do it, and it's really not so bad.
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Date: 2012-03-02 08:46 pm (UTC)Outside of PayPal, AlertPay (never used it, can't give any good info here) or Google Checkout, I don't have much info to offer. I just only attest to how awesome PayPal has been to me over the years. Their customer service is stellar.
Now, taxes. Pay them. You can list them as "income earned from a hobby" on your IRS tax forms at filing time. Many programs like TurboTax will ask you if you earned anything from a hobby of the year. Do yourself a favor and FILE YOUR EARNINGS, no matter how small. It's a whole lot better than getting audited by the IRS should they find out you've been making income on the side. I do it, and it's really not so bad.