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title: "Backup withholding: $20,000 and 200-transaction floor final"
description: "Payment apps' 24% backup withholding: the $20,000 and 200-transaction floor is final. IRS, effective Aug 10, 2026. What changed, with the official source."
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last_updated: 2026-10-23
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# Payment apps' 24% backup withholding: the $20,000 and 200-transaction floor is final

1. [IRS](https://resellerindex.com/changes/irs/) Tax Effective Aug 10, 2026 · announced Jan 9, 2026

   Final regulations (T.D. 10053, published Aug. 10, 2026, adopting the Jan. 9, 2026 proposed rules without change) say a payment app or marketplace that must backup withhold (for example, because you haven't given it your taxpayer identification number) starts withholding only once your payments for the year exceed both $20,000 and 200 transactions, beginning with the payment that crosses the later of the two. If any of its payments to you in the previous year were reportable, it withholds on every payment from the start of the year. The rules apply to payments in calendar years beginning after Dec. 31, 2024, and the backup withholding rate is 24%. General information, not tax advice: check with a tax professional.

   Your net on a $10 / $25 / $50 sale: n/a / n/a / n/a

   A withholding rule, not a fee. Giving each platform your correct taxpayer ID avoids backup withholding.

   Source: [Treasury/IRS final regulations (T.D. 10053), Federal Register, Aug 10, 2026](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/10/2026-16269/backup-withholding-on-third-party-network-transactions) · [IRS Publication 1099 (2026): 24% rate, TPSO thresholds](https://www.irs.gov/publications/p1099) · verified Oct 19, 2026

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The Reseller Index change tracker, "Payment apps' 24% backup withholding: the $20,000 and 200-transaction floor is final," https://resellerindex.com/changes/irs/2026-08-10-irs-backup-withholding-20000-final/, verified Oct 19, 2026. Free to reuse with a link (CC BY 4.0). First published on the tracker Oct 19, 2026.

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