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Archive for the ‘small or home-based business’ Category

April 14th, 2008

Ask the taxgirl: Cell Phone Plan

Taxpayer asks:
The reader who asked the question (regarding your Feb 28 cell phone deduction post) seemed to presume she’d deduct the cost of the “extra line” (which is usually a minimal cost), but let’s say she was just getting her phones set up from scratch. Could she have given her brother the primary line […]

By Kelly -- 0 comments

April 14th, 2008

Ask the taxgirl: independent contractor and employee in the same year?

Taxpayer asks:
I left my job as an editor at a media company, but continue to do some freelance work for them. When I submitted an invoice, I was told that for tax purposes I couldn’t be paid by them as an independent contractor in the same year that I was an employee. This means those […]

By Kelly -- 1 comment

April 6th, 2008

Ask the taxgirl: Timing of payments

Taxpayer asks:
Hi Kelly!
I’m so glad to have found your site - what a great service for all of us! My question is in regards to the 1099-MISC form. I am a small business owner and received a 1099 form for a December 2007 sale however the company did not pay until January 2008. […]

By Kelly -- 3 comments

March 24th, 2008

Ask the taxgirl: Navigating the forms 1040

Taxpayer asks:
Hello Kelly,
I have a tax question for you:
-I am a normal employee and will be filing a 1040ez for that.
-I also do freelance work on the side, have received 1099-MISCs for that work from clients, and will be filing a 1040 schedule C for that.
Do I simply file the two forms together?
Or is there […]

By Kelly -- 2 comments

March 16th, 2008

Ask the taxgirl: Form 1099 and Schedule C

Taxpayer asks:
Hi,
I have a question, I’m hoping you can help me resolve my issue.
My husband recieved a 1099 Misc form as his only source of income, but we have be told that he has to file as self-employed been he has to file a Schedule C form, but our conflict is that it is not […]

By Kelly -- 0 comments

February 14th, 2008

Ask the taxgirl: Subcontractor billing/payment

Taxpayer asks:
I do side work occasionally during the year. It is in the construction industry. I pay people to help me do this work and it is usually under $600.00. I am the one who gets 1099′d and would like to know if I can deduct what I pay these people. […]

By Kelly -- 3 comments

February 12th, 2008

Ask the Taxgirl: Issuing a 1099

Taxpayer asks:
I am an accounts payable clerk for a manufacturing company. Who should we be sending 1099 forms to? What would happen if we sent a 1099 to someone in error?
Taxgirl says:
There are lots of forms 1099. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the most popular:
If your company pays out […]

By Kelly -- 1 comment

February 12th, 2008

When Bad Things Happen

It’s kind of appropriate that the crisis management post that I had planned was to hit today. You see, I’m a little backed up on my things to do because, well, I had a crisis, of sorts. Following up on weeks (and weeks!) of my children contracting every bug/virus/infection known to man, I […]

By Kelly -- 4 comments

February 10th, 2008

Ask the Taxgirl: What to do with a 1099

Taxpayer asks:
I am a driver for a FedEx contractor, and I just recieved my 1099-misc form from my boss(the contractor) and I have no clue as to what to do from here. In the past, my jobs were paid by hourly wage and I received a W-2 for those. This is totally new to me, […]

By Kelly -- 1 comment

February 3rd, 2008

Blogger Tax Deductions and Tips

I probably get more questions related to income and deductions for blogging than any other job or hobby. Maybe that’s because I am a blogger - but I suspect that it has more to do with the fact that there are a lot of questions about how to treat new media when it comes […]

By Kelly -- 3 comments

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