StinkyJournalism.org: Do US citizen journalists have to pay gift tax?

January 15th, 2009Posted by Laura Oliver in Citizen journalism, Editors' pick

Yes – according to StinkyJournalism’s research.

When citizen journalists give content to news sites they are making a gift under IRS guidelines – though only when annual gift is greater than $12,000.

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