Hmmm. I'm not trying to throw a wet blanket on this (really!), but I have a question. I've been told by my credit card company (a regular cash-back dividend program, not related to REI) that my cash-back is taxable income and being reported to the IRS as such! I wonder if the REI is the same way?

Does anyone know if this is true? It's not much, but I don't want to claim it as income if it doesn't have to be... and I want to claim it if it should be!