[OKDXA] Website/PayPal Changes

[Mark Beckwith]

Dang it.  For some reason I can send from one computer and it works 
fine.  When I send from the other computer, the email goes, but all the 
words get gone.  Ugh.  Here's what I wrote:

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

There can be good things about non-profit status, too.

I always feel like I'm being sneaky when I click "friends and family" to 
avoid PayPal fees, although it has not really stopped me.  Now the IRS 
is giving us another reason to do it, like an attractive niusance.  I 
wonder how PayPal feels about that?  They charge a fee for a service.  
Sounds like the American way to me. I'm guessing with PayPal's 
bigger-time commercial customers in the mix, hams paying membership dues 
gets lost below their S/N ratio. It's nice of them to just ignore it.

Kind of like Zoom and their free threshold.  Boy there's a success 
story, and I get to talk to my 90 year old momma for free over the 
videophone.  That's real nice of them.

(90 year old people with electronics - first world problem, eh?)

Oh well.  It's unusual for me to rant like the above.  Thanks for 
understanding.

Count me in if the club ever needs to go the non-profit route.  I have 
that expertise.

73 - Mark N5OT


On 2023-06-27 10:24 AM, Jeff Martin wrote:
> Good Morning OKDXA...
>
>   I have made a few changes to the OKDXA website. You will now see 
> "Membership Info" under both the "About" column and the "OKDXA 
> Members" column. On the Membership Info page you can find information 
> about OKDXA membership dues, a link to a printable application form 
> should you choose to mail in your application and/or dues, a link to 
> the application webform to fill out online and submit, and a link to 
> paypal, should you choose to pay via paypal.
>
> IMPORTANT NOTE:
>   As of Jan. 1, 2023, the IRS requires Paypal to withhold taxes on any 
> paypal transactions for Goods and Services after a threshold of $600 
> is reached in a calender year. Friends and family payments are exempt.
>   So, it is VERY IMPORTANT to select PAYMENT TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY 
> when you do your Paypal payment.
>
>   This new IRS requirement precipitated the changes. I did some 
> research. We would need to file paperwork with the state to create a 
> non-profit organization and then apply for a Federal Tax ID number. 
> Then yearly reports would be required... Way too much hassle... So, 
> this is a work-around... I hope... If we use the Friends and Family 
> payment method, we can keep using paypal...
>
> 73,
> Jeff - K5WE
> OKDXA President
>
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