Maybe that's why they are audited so often.

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.

Yeah, that form that Dana linked to has "Please audit my employer" written all over it.

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...."?

Probably. But your bosses are the ones who did this and put you in this position. Seriously, I think the only way to cover your own ass will put your bosses at risk. But you should cover your ass here, and not assume some of the risk like your bosses (apparently) want you to.

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.

Maybe I'll just ask Big!Boss's wife (remember, she's the one in charge of all things financial, despite her lack of degree or training in such) how I should report it. After all, *she's* our finance person....

Although, IIRC, if it's less than $600, they nor you have to report it. I think.

If it's less than $600, they don't have to provide a 1099, but legally, any income a person earns -- even $1 -- should be reported.

Maybe that's why they are audited so often.

Ding ding ding! Yup. They do shit like this all the time. This "freelance" is the least of it.

If it's less than $600, they don't have to provide a 1099, but legally, any income a person earns -- even $1 -- should be reported.

Now I'm tempted to just walk around in public, telling people, "Hey, I'll do a silly walk for a buck!"

Just so I can report it to the IRS.

I do have to say that I have just added in $$$ I made from a theatre job, wrote on a little piece of paper that I earned $200, and sent it in. No one ever said anything Of course, that was when I made about 10,000 a year....

Must go home and write notes quizzes for tomorrow. I'm having trouble getting up the motivation to leave school, though.

Oh, and can I just say, the San Francisco Unified School District? Still not impressing me with its organizational and getting-things-done skills.

Today is never going to end. It's going to keep going and going and going until I choke it to death.

Ack! I'd forgotten about the photos they took the second day of school. I am crazy with the unphotogenicity! Yeeeuck!