Yeah, that form that Dana linked to has "Please audit my employer" written all over it.
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
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.
Tom Scola - Sep 11, 2007 11:13:44 am PDT #9759 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
tommyrot - Sep 11, 2007 11:14:02 am PDT #9760 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
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.
Steph L. - Sep 11, 2007 11:14:49 am PDT #9761 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
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.
tommyrot - Sep 11, 2007 11:17:51 am PDT #9762 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
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.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 11, 2007 11:20:41 am PDT #9763 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
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....
Emily - Sep 11, 2007 11:35:37 am PDT #9764 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
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.
shrift - Sep 11, 2007 11:39:04 am PDT #9765 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Today is never going to end. It's going to keep going and going and going until I choke it to death.
Emily - Sep 11, 2007 11:42:43 am PDT #9766 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Ack! I'd forgotten about the photos they took the second day of school. I am crazy with the unphotogenicity! Yeeeuck!
Dana - Sep 11, 2007 11:44:00 am PDT #9767 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
If I fall asleep sitting at my desk, that might be a good use of the fifteen minutes remaining before I can leave.
Ginger - Sep 11, 2007 11:45:04 am PDT #9768 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The IRS is, ultimately, not all that picky about how you report income, as long as you *do* report it. You can, theoretically, report your income as "proceeds from an illegal enterprise." If you pay taxes on it, it'll keep you from going the way of Al Capone. You'll have to pay self-employment tax on it, though, so you're really screwed. Also, eventually the IRS will figure this out and it will be audit time again.