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Sounds like you were an employee as they would be directing you as to the time of day to perform the work and been specific on what you are to do and not to do. The problem is they are probably not in compliance with the laws and thus you have additional expenses.
I would look at line 21 on the 1040 to see if you can use that. I just do not have any experience to be more definitive.
The company is in compliance because the income is under $600, but for the special events that I worked, the checks were made up in advance, with no taxes taken out. There were no additional expenses involved with the job at all. I don't plan to work for them again, so I won't have to go through this again.
The company is in compliance because the income is under $600, but for the special events that I worked, the checks were made up in advance, with no taxes taken out. There were no additional expenses involved with the job at all. I don't plan to work for them again, so I won't have to go through this again.
That has nothing to do with the compliance issue. The issue is that you were an employee, not an independent contractor, and the company mis-classified you in order to save on payroll taxes.
That has nothing to do with the compliance issue. The issue is that you were an employee, not an independent contractor, and the company mis-classified you in order to save on payroll taxes.
That, and the matter of laziness of not having to do payroll. By having the checks made up in advance, and issuing them at the end of the shift is lazy to me. I would much rather have payroll done, and done correctly, plus they misspelled my name twice.
If it does ultimately go on Schedule C, and it probably should given the nature of the income, keep in mind that you will also have to fill out form SE and pay social security / medicare taxes on the income. Do you have expenses associated with earning this income that you can offset it with?
In your case, it sounds like being honest and reporting the income is more of a pain than it should be. If you can justify having it go into the other income box (block 21) you wouldn't be paying SE taxes, but if the IRS challenged it they would probably be correct in saying it belongs on Sch. C and therefore would be subject to SE taxes (1/2 of which would be deductible as business expenses).
Since the OP's income was under $400, there's no SE tax.
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