In any event, as long as you do what the IRS says for this situation, it's not your problem.
Uh, I don't know WHAT the IRS says for this situation. Probably b/c it's so. fucking. shifty.
Mal: You know, you ain't quite right. River: It's the popular theory.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Sep 11, 2007 10:48:19 am PDT #9749 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Dana - Sep 11, 2007 10:49:17 am PDT #9750 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Don't they have a form for "Income I was paid where my employer failed to give me a W-2 or 1099"?
Apparently so. It looks like a pain in the ass, though. Among other things, you have to explain what you did to obtain a W-2.
Nora Deirdre - Sep 11, 2007 10:49:17 am PDT #9751 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Can you consult with an accountant? That might be your best bet here, in order to cover your own ass.
Jessica - Sep 11, 2007 10:49:57 am PDT #9752 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Tep, if you email me with all the details you've posted here I can forward it to my dad (who is a tax lawyer).
brenda m - Sep 11, 2007 11:04:10 am PDT #9753 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Uh, I don't know WHAT the IRS says for this situation. Probably b/c it's so. fucking. shifty.
I believe the IRS generally frowns on under-the-table income, which is pretty clearly what they're trying to do. Seriously - they've put you in a really shitty situation by doing things this way.
Steph L. - Sep 11, 2007 11:07:23 am PDT #9754 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Tep, if you email me with all the details you've posted here I can forward it to my dad
Thanks, Jess! I'll put it all together and e-mail you shortly.
Seriously - they've put you in a really shitty situation by doing things this way.
And if I report the income -- no matter how it's categorized -- won't it end up screwing THEM, b/c it'll make the IRS go "Wait a minute...."?
Dana - Sep 11, 2007 11:08:37 am PDT #9755 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
And if I report the income -- no matter how it's categorized -- won't it end up screwing THEM, b/c it'll make the IRS go "Wait a minute...."?
I would think so, though it make take a while for it to filter through the IRS. Like, years.
But I agree. Your employers are putting you in a completely unfair position.
Aims - Sep 11, 2007 11:08:57 am PDT #9756 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
won't it end up screwing THEM, b/c it'll make the IRS go "Wait a minute...."?
Yup. They're probably hoping you'll be all, "Woohoo! Free money!" and they won't report it and you won't report it and everyone gets out of the taxes.
Although, IIRC, if it's less than $600, they nor you have to report it. I think.
megan walker - Sep 11, 2007 11:09:07 am PDT #9757 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Maybe that's why they are audited so often.
flea - Sep 11, 2007 11:09:19 am PDT #9758 of 10001
information libertarian
Heh. It turns out a couple I knew from grad school both teach Latin at Walnut Hills. That plus the friend who teaches at St. Ursula's, and I clearly have the Cincinnati Latin teaching mafia on my side... (more to the point, Walnut Hills couple have kids and will know about schools. So if job materializes, I can email them.)
My father is sort of an idiot, as well as an Eeyore type.