Just jot it in the space provided.
I haven't really had a lot to say over the last few days, I'm still shaking off my flu bug, still kinda wankied in the head from that, and been sorta down in the dumpers about stuff.
I've been attempting to get all my tax stuff sorted out, so I can pay what I owe on my self employment earnings, and am attempting to wait patiently for the 1099's to come in the mail.
What I don't like is being asked to re-create my account at an on line company I no longer work for, because when I quit and they deleted my account at my request, they didn't create any back-ups of my tax information which includes my SSN and mailing address.
I refused to re-create that account, and instead sent my information through a secure email connection.
But now I'm slightly, ok, a lot, worried that my 1099 is going to have the wrong information on it.
See, my SSN should have been tied to my earnings in a database some where, but nope, they didn't have my SSN or address, so how are they going to send me a proper 1099?
I received a second email from them after sending them the information they needed, telling me this is the amount you earned, you don't need a 1099 to file your taxes, just jot this amount down in the space provided on the tax form.
Maybe I don't need the 1099, but I prefer to be professional, and have the proper forms should my tax preparer ask for them.
And quite honestly, the fact that my information was not kept in a secure database with my name and SSN tied to my earnings, I have to question if it's even the correct amount.
I don't think it is.
The number they gave me is more than I recall making, even if they added in the $100 for a focus group, it's still about $200 higher than I have written down as my correct earnings.
I kept very detailed records of my earnings, and the number they gave me is more than I have recorded in excel.
It's just another one of those phew, glad I got out when I did, moments for me.
I have zero trust in this company. I lost it quite awhile ago.
I want my actual 1099 in hand, and I want to add up my records again and compare it to this amount. Something is not right and I know it in my gut.
What this means if I am correct about that extra $200, is that I have to pay taxes on that extra amount. I am already going to be paying nearly $1,000 in self employment earnings, and this will just add to it.
I'm freaking broke people, I can't be paying more than I should have to because someone kept shoddy records.
And if the records are indeed wrong for me, how many others will it be wrong for?
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I have every single email from this company that has the amounts they've paid me saved as well as the paypal records to boot. Not to mention I can always look at my posts and calculate that way so I'll be keeping an eye out.
Still though, you did ask for everything to be deleted and it looks like they complied, just a little too thoroughly. Luckily for you though they were able to scrounge up some records. Of course, yeah, I'd have to question how accurate they are too.
Posted by: Joana | January 30, 2008 5:56 PM
Just because a blogger asks to be deleted, doesn't mean they should delete their own tax records. PPP has to file those tax records on every single blogger who has ever worked for them.
I'm not the only person who has quit blogging for them ya know?
They should have kept all their financial records in a separate database away from the bloggers profiles.
Posted by: Kat | January 30, 2008 6:38 PM
This is NO different from when you work at a regular job and then quit. They STILL have to send you the W-2 forms, right? Even if you leave on bad terms, they are still required by law to send those forms.
Very unprofessional on their part.
Posted by: Christine | January 30, 2008 9:00 PM
If you have all your records/emails/posts straight, you should have no problem. Don't worry about it. The onus will be on the company to prove the rest. David can fight Goliath, you know, even in the age of the Internet. Don't fret.
Posted by: lg | February 1, 2008 12:18 AM