Michael

If you make over $600, the company is supposed to report that amount to the IRS and send you a 1099-MISC at the end of the year.

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Form-1099-MIS...aneous-Income-

Noorah101

Your issue is not with IRS. IRS wants you to report all your earnings, even if they are unauthorized or illegal earnings.

Your issue is with USCIS / DHS and not having permission from THEM to earn anything just yet.

Rene

jeffreyhy

I agree with the money earned being taxable, I disagree that the activity is employment as defined by the INA.

In any case, unauthorized "work" is generally overlooked when the spouse of a US citizen is adjusting status.

Regards, JEff

jeffreyhy

Will they? I do expect they will be issuing a 1099, my guess is a 1099-MISC with the payments shown under item 7. Regards, JEff

Steve_

Resident for tax purposes, the form is W-9. Whether he's got his EAD or not I have to say sounds academic, why break two laws when you can only break one?

Noorah101

Well, the *should*

Rene

jeffreyhy

Should they? Why?

Regards, JEff

Noorah101

Why don't you just tell me where I'm misunderstanding something. I thought employers had to report this kind of thing, but I guess you're saying they don't.

Rene

jeffreyhy

Why do you consider that people who get payments for filling out surveys are employees, or contractors?

I don't disagree that the payments have to be reported, but see post #19 again.

Regards, JEff

medabots

well i've been doing studies with them since february, and with this next $50 that i'm trying to get, will total it $200 earnt. in no way would i ever consider this employment- it's just a bit of money to be able to take my wife and mil out for a meal on occasion

not sure what to do here..what would i put on the w9 if i was a pr or citizen and was unemployed?

Noorah101

I'm going to bow out of this thread because I don't fully understand everything, so better not to comment.

From my own experience, my immigrant husband is self employed. He wanted his brother (who is not a PR or a citizen but is legally here in the USA and has an EAD) to do some work for him as a subcontractor. His brother had to complete a W-9 which we gave to our CPA. At the end of the year, my husband claimed the money he paid his brother as a business deduction on his tax return. His brother received a 1099 and claimed the income on his own tax return. Therefore, I assumed someone who earns income and receives a 1099 had to complete a W-9, and that the person asking for the W-9 (the person issuing the payment) would report that expense on their tax return as a business deduction, like we did....but I guess that is not always the case.

Rene

jeffreyhy

I don't think your experience, Sadegh's use of his brother as a subcontractor, is comparable to what medabots is describing. But, like you, I also don't fully understand everything here and so will also bow out with the suggestion that medabots discuss the activity he is engaged in with a tax adviser to see if a W-9 is appropriate.

I also sense that medabots may be conflating being a resident alien, as IRS defines it for tax purposes, with having Permanent Resident immigration status. They are not the same thing.

Regards, JEff