Monday, December 22, 2008

Earn Extra Money Through Gifting

By Kelli Cooper

When you give a person a declared amount of cash as a gift either publicly or privately, you are technically engaging in cash gifting. In true sense, the recipient of the gift is not bound to give any compensation in future since he is not in debt or under any obligation to repay whatever he receives. Cash gifting is one unique way a person can earn extra cash.

Due to the fact that there is no good or service provide in exchange for payment, there has been a debate on the legitimacy of cash gifting as a means to earn money. It is a constitutional right to give cash and other assets as a gift in United States and Canada. The gifting rules in the Internal Revenue Services tax code, title twenty six, section two thousand five hundred and one to two thousand five hundred and four and section two thousand five hundred and eleven allow giving gifts of cash freely.

The Legal Nature Of Cash Gifting--The Constitution of U.S.A. states that a person can receive gifts totalling to eleven thousand dollars each year without being liable to paying taxes on them. Similarly, gift givers are also exempted from remitting taxes up to this same extent each year.

Therefore cash gifting can be said to be an expression of kindness from one person to another. This kind of gifting as a way of making extra cash has been going on among many cultures in the world, among them are Hispanic, Chinese and the Jewish culture for the past hundred years. Gifting programs are modeled on the idea of gifting money. Of course one is hoping to get gifted in return and some people think that makes it problematic as a legitimate opportunity. I do not agree as it is natural to hope to get gifted in return just as someone selling a product or service would hope to have someone purchase it from them. It requires a different way of thinking and one must remember that it is not a business but an activity.

So far, it has been clearly demonstrated that earning money through cash gifting is legal. Like in other systems, cash gifting programs require new members to pay membership fees to cater for operational costs. After being enrolled, you are issued a PIN which enables tracking the amount of gifting activities you are engaged in. You are then trained on how to attract new members to join the gifting program. You can then earn money from the people that you convince to join the program. In order to make extra cash, you have to first remit an agreed sum of money to someone else.

Chances of Successful Cash Gifting--What cash gifting programs need to stay afloat is ensuring the establishment of a vibrant marketing strategy. Failure to do this results in the depletion of cash resources that have been gathered by members. A club can also fail when members relax expecting old members who have earned their dues to keep renewing membership without attracting new members.

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