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They’ll know because in the US and abroad the banks send the balances and transactions to the IRS. I get letters every year/6 months that I’m subject to additional withholding because they haven’t gotten any $$ but they show I have.

AFAIK only transactions over $10k are reported, maybe different between personal and business accounts?

Reporting to tax authorities by banks/financial institutions was bumped down to any receiving of an amount in excess of $600 during the Biden admin.

Ah yes, I had forgotten about that. That's for "business" transactions, IIRC. I wonder how they distinguish....

They don't. It was targeted at screwing the poor rather than the rich.

Reporting income from freelancing is no more difficult than reporting income from your day job. So we're left still mystified what mbirth was talking about.

Considering he is doing it for free, it won't be more than a few thousand dollars. And he can report it and pay tax on it if he pleases.