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Originally Posted by why?

You really need to watch bartering now though. The IRS is coming down hard on people who find, *ahem*, alternative ways of gaining compensation. Technically if you barter with someone you need to report it as income, and report what you took in as payment and 1099 the person.

In other words, keep it quiet. Also know that if someone you barter with gets caught, they'll be forced to rat you out and you'll have the IRS knocking at your door. And they are not polite. They'll also harass everyone you know as well, just because they can.

You're right, and that you are right makes me sick to my stomach. Just shows how this country is going down the toilet. Too many people with so little confidence that they feel they must look to preserve and expand government programs that they, wrongly IMO, assume will save them.