JulieH1
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Get your taxes done using TurboTax

You only need to count your part of the money.  In your example above, that would be the $50.

Here is your answer directly from the IRS:

Revenue for consignment stores comes in the form of commissions or fees charged from the selling price before giving the seller her share. For example, a consignment shop that charges a 30 percent commission might list an item for $100. When that item sells, the store keeps $30 and pays $70 to the seller. The store reports only the $30 on its taxes, rather than reporting $100 in revenue and $70 in inventory expense.

You do not count any money in an account for someone else unless you have a policy that it is forfeited after a certain time and becomes yours.  If that is the case, it is income to you.

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