[majewsky]

I wouldn't do that if I were him because I don't know how to explain that income to the IRS (or rather, the Finanzamt, since I'm German).

[wgerard]

In general, the IRS rarely cares about how you're generating income more that you just remember to pay taxes on it appropriately.

[plemer]

Is that income uniquely difficult to explain?

[blue4]

How would you explain that you're making money from a project summary of UBlock?

[krageon]

"Freelance software development", problem solved. Not that the tax authority cares at all where the money comes from. They don't have a "cash income" category because they have a deep and burning desire to know these things. They're primarily busy with taking their cut.

[cpv]

It might depend, on country, but I know that usually you can mention donations as "donations" in your income papers/form.

Don't know how it would be for an opensource project. Mentioning something like "open source browser extension uBlock Origin" probably...

Interesting how people report their donations, patreons, etc.

[jobigoud]

Patreon aren't donations, they are recurring income in exchange of something (membership model with specific rewards per tier). In many jurisductions these must be declared differently.

[breakall]

Patreon sends a 1099-K if you get more than $20K in a year.

https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/207099566-Will...