https://theotcg.com/tags/record-keeping/Recent content in Record-Keeping on Theo TCGHugoen-us© {year} Theo TCGSat, 26 Sep 2026 07:00:00 -0600https://theotcg.com/blog/selling-pokemon-cards-for-someone-else/Sat, 26 Sep 2026 07:00:00 -0600https://theotcg.com/blog/selling-pokemon-cards-for-someone-else/<p>Selling a collection that is not yours adds a problem that selling your own does not have: you will have to explain the outcome to someone else. Usually a family member, sometimes years later, occasionally with feelings attached that the money does not justify.</p>https://theotcg.com/blog/selling-pokemon-cards-taxes/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 07:00:00 -0600https://theotcg.com/blog/selling-pokemon-cards-taxes/<p>If you sell a Pokémon collection in the United States, the money is potentially taxable, and the rules that apply are the ones for collectibles rather than the ones for ordinary goods. That is the short version. The longer version is more forgiving than most people fear, because tax is charged on gain rather than on the check, and a lot of inherited collections turn out to have very little gain in them.</p>