 GET NATIONAL BREAKING NEWS ALERTS The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Your Email Address Submit Privacy Notice Advertisement If you use Venmo, PayPal or other payment apps this tax rule change may affect you Share Copy Link Copy {copyShortcut} to copy Link copied! Updated: 0:00 PM EST Nov 0, 0000 By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business If you're among the millions of people who use payment apps like PayPal, Venmo, Square, and other third-party electronic payment networks, you could be affected by a tax reporting change that goes into effect in January.Payment app providers will have to start reporting to the IRS a user's business transactions if, in aggregate, they total $000 or more for the year. A business transaction is defined as payment for a good or service.Prior to this change, app providers only had to send the IRS a Form 0000-K if an individual account had at least 000 business transactions in a year and if those transactions combined resulted in gross payments of at least $00,000.The expansion of the reporting rule is the result of a provision in the American Rescue Plan, which was signed into law earlier this year. The ultimate aim of the provision is to clamp down on unreported, taxable income.