Originally posted by Lenny2 Yeah but if they're taking $10 out of your check...then your income is reduced by $10.....which is the same thing a write off would do.
So you don't necessarily write them off when you're paying fees to receive money....just when you're paying a fee to send money
I was going to say....but if you're never really receiving that money, then it's not income and therefore you're not really paying anything out of pocket.
Way in the beginning I was like...can we show the fees we paid to our 3rd party processors? Our accountant was like no....since you never actually got that money and you never paid out of pocket.
It's more hassle than it's worth I feel.
Originally posted by Lenny2 Yeah but if they're taking $10 out of your check...then your income is reduced by $10.....which is the same thing a write off would do.
So you don't necessarily write them off when you're paying fees to receive money....just when you're paying a fee to send money
Interesting point, thats what i was wondering about.
Alot of people are under the illusion that there's something magical about a tax write off.....I guess from the movies or some shit.
All a write off does is reduce the amount of income you pay taxes on, but some people think if you have a $1000 write off it reduces your tax bill by $1000....that's not true.
Originally posted by Lenny2 Alot of people are under the illusion that there's something magical about a tax write off.....I guess from the movies or some shit.
All a write off does is reduce the amount of income you pay taxes on, but some people think if you have a $1000 write off it reduces your tax bill by $1000....that's not true.
I've always found this pretty funny. It's amazing how many people think this way.
I've trusted my sites to them for over a decade...
Yeah but if they're taking $10 out of your check...then your income is reduced by $10.....which is the same thing a write off would do.
Sorry but that is incorrect.
say a sponsor pays you $100 for the pay period minus the $10 fee = $90 to you.
the sponsor will 1099 you $100 not $90 and you must report $100. If you report a different amount then the sponsor is reporting, then the red flags go up.
You got paid $100 then you paid the sponsor a FEE of $10
Originally posted by Fred Quimby Sorry but that is incorrect.
say a sponsor pays you $100 for the pay period minus the $10 fee = $90 to you.
the sponsor will 1099 you $100 not $90 and you must report $100. If you report a different amount then the sponsor is reporting, then the red flags go up.
You got paid $100 then you paid the sponsor a FEE of $10
If I only had to report income I got 1099's for I'd be a VERY VERY happy guy.
I throw 1099's in the trash.
Also, there should be a line (or addendum) on the 1099 for the expense which you could then write off.
Originally posted by Lenny2 All a write off does is reduce the amount of income you pay taxes on, but some people think if you have a $1000 write off it reduces your tax bill by $1000....that's not true.
Correct
To figure out how much in taxes you will save, just subtract your tax bracket % by $1,000.
So, I'm in the 35% tax bracket plus around 8% for state, that's 42%
42% of $1,000 is $420
So for ever $1,000 in deductions I can come up with, 42% stays in my pocket.
To figure out how much in taxes you will save, just subtract your tax bracket % by $1,000.
So, I'm in the 35% tax bracket plus around 8% for state, that's 42%
42% of $1,000 is $420
So for ever $1,000 in deductions I can come up with, 42% stays in my pocket.
Sure, I'm not saying deductions aren't useful.....what I'm saying is they aren't magical.
People say shit all the time like why don't you buy this and that and this for 10K....you'll get to write it off.....as if I basically get these things for free just because I get a deduction.
But it doesn't work that way.
Also, if you get audited, the IRS doesn't care so much about 1099's.....they're going to want to see your bank records.
If I have 50K in 1099's but put 100K in the bank, they're going to want to know about that other 50K.
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