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[ron2024]

Hi, I use cash method and calendar year, i have a sales on 12/29/2023 on Amazon. Amazon holds the funds for 2 weeks before transferring it to us. Does this transaction counts as 2023 income, or 2024?

[MinhT1]

Based on the IRS definition of constructive receipt, you haven't received the funds in 2023, but only in 2024, and they should count as 2024 income.

The IRS says:

Income although not actually reduced to a taxpayer's possession is constructively received by him in the taxable year during which it is credited to his account, set apart for him, or otherwise made available so that he may draw upon it at any time, or so that he could have drawn upon it during the taxable year if notice of intention to withdraw had been given. However, income is not constructively received if the taxpayer's control of its receipt is subject to substantial limitations or restrictions.