Janis M1
Employee Tax Expert

Self employed

Hello Drew580,  You will be able to deduct the fees from StubHub and the original price of the tickets that you bought for the purpose of making a profit.  You will need to report the cost of all of the tickets that you bought for the purpose of making a profit, regardless of whether you actually made a profit from the sale on the specific tickets (ordinary income).   If you are not in the business of selling tickets, you could possibly use Schedule D to report the income from the sale of tickets (property), but there are additional requirements for Schedule D (cap gain). The % that you will be taxed on the profit will be a determination of how much the income increases your overall income and how the income is recorded--- business income would be ordinary income % while Schedule D would capital gain %.

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