New Tax on Gold Is Hidden in Obamacare

By: Julie Crawshaw

President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform legislation reportedly contains an added provision that would tax gold coin and bullion transactions.

The tax comes in an obscure section of the tax code that deals with purchases by self-employed people and small businesses, ABC News reports.

Starting Jan. 1, 2012, small businesses and self-employed people will have to issue 1099 forms, which are used to track and report the miscellaneous income associated with services rendered by independent contractors or self-employed individuals, for every vendor with whom they do more than $600 business in a calendar year.

The new regulation is designed to gain more tax dollars to finance some of the healthcare bill’s other provisions. (more)