Selling online and bankruptcy

[JuniperBanksuck]

We are going to be filing Chapter 7 Bankruptcy and I have been selling some things on Amazon.com for 4 or 5 months now to help make ends meat. I have not reported it
as taxes yet. Should I just report it as other income just to be on the safe side? Does anyone know how far back do they look at your bank statements for? I am glad I found this forum. It is a great resource of information.

[BassBoy]

I have move your thread here. The General Talk section is for non-related bankruptcy talk.

[follie]

I think my lawyer wanted 6 months of bank statements? I don't have a bank account, so I didn't have to provide that (cash only has been my friend for awhile now).

I disclosed my sale of things like that to the Trustee, who just smiled and didn't ask any other questions (I sold my treadmill on craigslist).

[lrprn]

We are going to be filing Chapter 7 Bankruptcy and I have been selling some things on Amazon.com for 4 or 5 months now to help make ends meat. I have not reported it
as taxes yet. Should I just report it as other income just to be on the safe side?

Depends on how much you've earned with your Amazon sales. A few hundred dollars is one thing, a few thousand dollars another. To be completely on the up and up, you should declare the income on your bk forms.

Does anyone know how far back do they look at your bank statements for?

Some trustees will routinely request six months of statements, although if fraud or a crime is suspected, the local or US trustee can look back for up to five years.