i contacted paypal.
all i know is if a friend gives a friend $100, it's not taxable and you don't have to report it.
so if you have 50 friends who give you $200 each, out of the kindness of their heart (not in the form of donation, in the form of a personal favor from one friend to another) - I shouldn't have to file it, report it, or have taxes tooken out of it, even though it totals $10,000.
