I thought payment from adsense was done every month you had a pending balance of $10 or more, but now mine is showing I have to have $100.

Did they just change that or did I misunderstand them?

It has always been $100.

10$ is only the verification threshold.

Thank you both. Now it all make sense.

One good thing about this, since I didn't reach $100 last month, at least I won't have to deal with the tax issues for this year. But there's always next year.

Yea the $100 minimum threshold is good when you are starting out because least when you get the check it is a decent size.