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If you run a side hustle—Etsy shop, food booth, PayPal sales, Stripe payments, or Square transactions—this video is mandatory viewing.

Most small business owners think the IRS doesn’t know about their side hustle income.
Wrong.
Platforms like Etsy, Stripe, PayPal, and Square send 1099-K forms directly to the IRS every single year. And those numbers are matched against your tax return automatically.

As a former IRS Revenue Agent, I saw countless cases triggered by one thing:
➡ Mismatches between platform sales, deposits, and what was reported.

In today’s episode, I’m showing you exactly how the IRS checks your side hustle…and how you can audit-proof yourself before they ever look.

🔍 In This Video, You’ll Learn:

✔ Why side hustle income gets IRS attention
Understanding the 1099-K and how the IRS uses it to flag mismatches.

✔ How agents “triangle” your income
Return vs. 1099-K vs. bank deposits — and what happens when they don’t match.

✔ How to reconcile platform sales the RIGHT way
Etsy, Stripe, PayPal, Square — the numbers rarely tie out unless you fix them.

✔ The correct way to record fees, refunds, and chargebacks
Gross sales FIRST → fees as expenses
(If you record net deposits, you will look like you underreported.)

✔ Examples from real cases
Etsy sellers, food vendors, PayPal flippers, freelancers using Stripe — the same mistakes show up everywhere.

✔ How mismatches lead to multi-year audits
Even small gaps can cause big questions.

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