cashouts with firepay?

[Jonny]

Has anyone here used firepay for cashouts? I was thinking I would have them linked to my bank account.

Second question: How much money can I take at a time and how frequently can I do it? Right now I have about $1500 in my paradise account and would like to cash out about a grand. Would it be safer to make 2 withdraws of say, $500? Or does the IRS even care about this small a transaction.

How often do you guys cash out in general. Note this is just a small side job for some extra cash. By no means am I a pro.

[csuf_gambler]

i use firepay. they are good. been using them for awhile

i dont know anything about the irs

[Thats Interesting!]

Firepay is great at depositing money quick to your bank account. They do charge $5 for an EFT, which is not bad since you dont have to wait for a check or go to the bank to make a deposit.

I love my Firepay Account!

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[Drunk Bob]

neteller is better. When I first started at online poker I picked Firepay since I did not want to wait 2 days too set up a neteller account.

Now I have $130 in Firepay and am too cheap too pay the $5 too get it out!

[Jonny]

anyone know what is the if the IRS would get me for taking out $1000? $2000? What's the limit. I have heard $3K discussed, but is that for a single trasaction, or a years worth? Thanks for the replies.

[CrackerZack]

Stop trying to evade taxes. GWB, get over here and put the smackdown on this guy.

[itsmarty]

I haven't done a Firepay cashout, because when I withdraw to my Firepay account, I deposit the money at Party and then withdraw using IGM-Pay.

As far as the IRS, no one really knows what could get you caught, but you have to assume the chance exists. Since "a guy on 2+2 said I could" won't impress anyone if you get caught, you should decide how much risk you can accept on your own.

Martin

[LargeCents]

This sounds like a question for a tax preparer, rather than a random novice poker player. I don't think the true pro players on here are going to hang their cheese out in the wind by answering this question. Make an anonymous phone call to H&R Block, see what they have to say. Get a few second opinions. Then post your finding on here, I'm sure most of us are curious.

[gabyyyyy]

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Second question: How much money can I take at a time and how frequently can I do it? Right now I have about $1500 in my paradise account and would like to cash out about a grand. Would it be safer to make 2 withdraws of say, $500? Or does the IRS even care about this small a transaction.


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Why are you trying to evade the IRS, you scumbag? Pay your taxes like the rest of society.

[GrannyMae]

i can't tell you how the current state of affairs is at firepay. however, i felt the need to add to this thread so some other opinions can be heard.

i had absolute nightmares with firepay, including vanishing withdrawals for 3K-7K each that took 7 weeks of case work to sort out and be credited to my bank account. i have posted many a rant at rgp of this tale and do not wish to repeat it.

i think the old days represented a bad business model at best, and corporate theft at worst.

if those using it now say it is fixed, then i tend to beleive them, things were not always so simple tho.

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[neotope]

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anyone know what is the if the IRS would get me for taking out $1000? $2000? What's the limit. I have heard $3K discussed, but is that for a single trasaction, or a years worth? Thanks for the replies.

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$3000 is the limit that you can deposit at an actual bank branch. If you deposit $3000 or more they make you fill out some sort of form. I am not sure how this would work with transactions from Neteller, Firepay, etc. but I imagine that same rules would apply.

Also remember that just because the limit is $3000 that does not mean you can deposit $2000 one time and then another $2000 a couple minutes later. They have ways to trace this. If you are trying to avoid the IRS, which is probably a bad idea, you need to really space out your deposits and make them really small.

[Pokeraddict]

Well Granny I had same issues. I opened an account at Firepay to fund my Paradise account a couple of years ago. The first couple of deposits went fine, on my 3rd maybe 4th Firepay took the cash out of my bank account but then told Paradise I charged it back and paradise started calling my house asking for this. At this same time I made a $400 deposit at a casino. Same thing. The money came out of my bank account but never made it to the casino. $600 Firepay stole. They would send me emails to my questions saying "You're account is in good standing" "We have sent the money to the receivers" But I find it impossible to believe both Paradise and Fortune Lounge tried to scam me for this. Thats too much of a coincidence. After faxing them both bank statements proving the money was deducted out of my bank account they stopped bugging me, what a nightmare.

Needless to say I say stay away!