making me enter a special code and fill out forms and pay for the ‘deLuXe’ tax software because only that can handle the right forms
i assume other countries do this too. scum apps more like
making me enter a special code and fill out forms and pay for the ‘deLuXe’ tax software because only that can handle the right forms
i assume other countries do this too. scum apps more like
It’s just a 1099, if you don’t want to use tax prep software don’t? Learn to do the paperwork yourself. If you’re smart, you’ll deduct all of your mileage, clothing expenses, ‘business related meals’, etc.
Also any healthcare expenses. When I worked 1099, I actually paid LESS in taxes than I do now.
Yeah, I’m 1099 and the standard deduction for a married person is 24k. I get as squirrelly as I can with my deductions and still usually don’t get close. Obviously some things are schedule A versus C or whatever, but I’m not sure I pay less than someone who grosses what I do but as a W2. I take the hit on FICA, since I don’t get to split that with an employer. I’ve been doing it going on 16 years and so my W2 days are hazy, but I’ve never been convinced I’m somehow paying less. Maybe the benefit I get is when I get a new chair to sit at my PC, I write it off, bt they didn’t mean I get $500 back.
It’s not actually that hard. My first time filing taxes I had to do a 1099 because I worked a gig-style job as a teenager.
The hardest part is knowing what you can deduct, and most people don’t keep good receipts so at the end of the year there’s tons of things that could be deducted but they can’t prove the expense so 🤷♂️
I hate our tax system too but it can be worked
If the government automated everything then we wouldn’t be able to deduct nearly as much stuff. There are tradeoffs for every system.