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    Depends on which comes out more. If you had more breakdowns and repairs, then that way would be the way to go.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DumbD View Post
    Also for self employment a business IS NOT needed (IE scrapper income)
    No one said a business was needed for self employment. Self employment in a simple sense, is determined when you do any type of job for someone else in exchange for financial compensation. This IS money that YOU should report. Whether one does or not, is them, but as mentioned, ANY money I get, gets reported.
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    Yeah i havent got a 1099 from any yard here in idaho. If they dont send me one, do i need to report my earnings?

    I aint trying to screw anybody, i'm just wondering.

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    Keep it legit Hoss. Call me about it sometime.

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    Big 10 4 their Joe. Like i said not trying or going to screw anyone. And thanks for those TV's by the way. Sorry i couldnt meet up with you, been crazy busy lately.

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    Not a problem.

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    Yeah I am wondering the same. No 1099 has come my way. All the more reason for a simple tax system.

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    They don't 1099 you but all the records are avalable to anyone with the right paperwork. Just a heads up!

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    Even if you don't get a 1099 from them it's still a good idea to claim that income, especially if you are writing off expenses for gathering the stuff you turned into them. Also, if they get audited at some point your name and payout amount will be on a list that gets turned into the IRS and depending on that amount you might get flagged for a closer look. Closer look = fresh batteries in IRS's flashlight and you bending over...even if they come up with nothing, it's not going to feel good.
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    Guys and girls...I can't speak for ALL scrap yards, but for mine, they are classified in a way (can't remember which way), to where they don't do 1099's on us. It is OUR responsibility for filing or not to file our taxes.

    Like I said, I have a wife and 2 small kids to think about, so any monies I get from work related situations gets reported, as well as all gas receipts, equipment/tool receipts, and anything else that I need to report or write off.

    Last year, I simply told my H&R Block rep how much money I made, how many miles I drove, what items I wrote off, etc. She entered it all, informed me of how much I paid into social security for retirement (over $700) more than I ever made working for someone else (minus myself for other companies), how much we were getting back, etc.

    They were also awesome enough, to take out our filing fees ( a couple hundred), and then told us how much to come back and get in a week and a half, almost $2,000.

    If I have the options of filing my taxes, and getting any amount back, or breaking even, versus possibly dealing with the IRS and having them in MY BUSINESS, I will always choose to file taxes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kris Kringle View Post
    If I am reading this correctly you don't file a 1099 on yourself.

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    "Form 1099-MISC or Form W-2

    You cannot designate a worker, including yourself, as an employee or independent contractor solely by the issuance of Form W-2 or Form 1099-MISC. It does not matter whether the person works full time or part time. You use Form 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Income (PDF) to report payments to others who are not your employees. You use Form W-2 to report wages, car allowance, and other compensation for employees."

    http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/...101038,00.html
    Not sure what the technical term for the 1099 form is called, but I am confident that is it, since it comes from the IRS.

    From personal experience, all I can say is that, it is a 1099 form that a lot of businesses use, if you do not work DIRECTLY for them, but as a sub contractor of any kind.

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    1099's actually come from the person that has paid you money for whatever reason, and then they file a copy of all the 1099's they issued with the IRS.

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    Quote Originally Posted by freonjoe View Post
    Newattitude, Does your yard print off end of year statements if you ask them to? My yard I go to can go back a couple of years if I ask them to.
    No, but he can go back and check the individual months for receipts I may have lost and give me the ticket numbers, etc. Lol, I never thought to save all my tickets until my brother suggested I tack them to the garage wall for fun which I started to do in April.
    every time I go up there and think he is slow enough to go through with me tons of ppl show up and its ''come back next week.''

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kris Kringle View Post
    That is what I am saying Basically You turn scrap into the Scrap yard for payment that Don't automatically make you a sub contractor to the Scrap yard . {At least I wouldn't think it would} If that would be the case anytime you sold something you would be a Sub to whoever you sold something to.

    and I am not arguing here just I admit when I don't know something.
    It is just the way the law classifieds it. It is not the same, as if you sold a car to someone, that they are going to issue a 1099 to you. However, you would report the money you did make from selling it to a company, individual, etc.

    A lot of company's when they hire you, will tell you that you will receive a 1099 at the end of the year.

    Sometimes, when you see craigslist ads for jobs, they will have the statements in there that you will be a sub and required to do a 1099 with them.

    Best way to do it, is contact your local tax reps, and ask them.

    I just know what I do for me, my businesses, and my family. I also know of people who don't file at all. Just depends.

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    I, Like you MDG, don't necessarily consider myself a sub-contractor of the yards I go to. But if I were on the other side of the scale and had categorize the money I paid out to labor to get, process and ship scrap metal into one of two categories, the first would be employees I have full control of (hours, job description, set pay) and they would get a W-2 at the end of the year. The other category would be the randoms that I use through out the coarse of the year that offer a service my regular employees don't have the time to do, I don't have near the control over them as I do my employees other then to not use their product or service if I don't like it...those folks I would consider sub-contractors and issue them a 1099 at the end of the year.

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    Using the term "subcontractor" in this context is only confusing the issue and is irrelevant. For most of us, there is no contract involved; so no subcontract. We merely sell whatever we have whenever we want to the scrap yard. If we sell more than $600 to any one yard, that yard COULD issue a 1099 MISC. I get a 1099 from Exide every year for the batteries I sell them, but I don't get a 1099 from the scrap yard although I sell them more than $600 in metal. Regardless, I'm still required to report the income from ALL sources, whether they issue a 1099 or not. And there is no contract with any of them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mick View Post
    Using the term "subcontractor" in this context is only confusing the issue and is irrelevant. For most of us, there is no contract involved; so no subcontract. We merely sell whatever we have whenever we want to the scrap yard. If we sell more than $600 to any one yard, that yard COULD issue a 1099 MISC. I get a 1099 from Exide every year for the batteries I sell them, but I don't get a 1099 from the scrap yard although I sell them more than $600 in metal. Regardless, I'm still required to report the income from ALL sources, whether they issue a 1099 or not. And there is no contract with any of them.
    Without going into any debates, I will simply say well said. The last part, is what I have been trying to get through.


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