AdSesne 1099 Tax Form

[hdpt00]

I never received my 1099 (yes I made more than $600). Should I contact them or have others not received it?

Thanks!

[alika]

Contact them. We've never received it yet, but contacted them about a week ago. It appears that we forgot to change the address in our tax information so the 1099 was sent to the old address, and we never received it (even though we receive our checks in the new address with no hitch). G was quick to reply and upon giving them the new address they said that they will send it in a couple of weeks. So I strongly suggest that you contact them as soon as possible.

[caspita]

I haven't get it either :-) .. but I didn't make 600 :-( ... question is .. anyway do I need to put that in my taxes? .. I jut made a couple of hundreds last year ...

[hunderdown]

If you didn't earn $600 and thus didn't receive a 1099, you are still legally obliged to report that income. Is it likely that you will be caught if you don't? Not very. But how much tax do you pay on a few hundred dollars? Report all your income. And all your expenses, of course.

[keywordguru]

Agreed! Pay or they will knock on your door later:)

[bnhall]

I haven't received my 2004 1099 yet - has anyone? My adsense income was > $600, and I thought the US government required 1099's to be mailed by Jan 31st.

[hunderdown]

bnhall, yes, you should have received your 1099 weeks ago. I received mine well before the end of Jan. Email AdSense support after checking your account information to make sure your mailing address and other info. is up to date and correct.

[sirkei]

One small question. I am currently a student studying at the Uni. I do not have any jobs but earning from adsense. Not even close to $600 but do i need to submit my tax information too? I have no idea how to do it.

P/S: $600 means 600 per month or per year?

[caspita]

Hi,

1. I understand the $600 are per year.

2. If this is you ONLY incomme for the whole year.. and you do not have any other incomme, I don't think you need to pay taxes on it.. you will be below the minim income required to declare/pay taxes I think.

Of course this is for US.

[sirkei]

I get over $600 per year with other affiliatons. and yes i am living in the US. So do i just ignore it?

[rupya]

where to enter the details fo the doallrs i had spent on my website im a software engineer and i file 1040 thats all is there a place in 1040 where i can provide info on what i spent in my website to get the google income please advice me on this are tell me whihc post shld i see.

[hunderdown]

Answers to both the two previous posts:

You should file Schedule C and report Google earnings as self-employment income--and you may be liable for self-employment tax (Social Security) even though your income is far too low to be taxed for income tax purposes.

And business expenses also get reported on Schedule C.

But note too that I am not a tax consultant and if you are confused about taxes you should really talk to a professional. Rules may be different if you are in this country as a student, for example.

[rupya]

no no you confused me , im a software engineer i earn more , and the income i get out of my website thru adsense is my spending on my site .

[hunderdown]

rupya, I'm sorry, but I don't understand what you are confused about. Money you make as an employee you report on a 1040. Google AdSense and other freelance or self-employment income is all entered on Schedule C. Then you deduct your business expenses, such as web hosting costs, figure your self-employment tax, and carry the final numbers back to the 1040.

If that doesn't make sense to you then I suggest you sit down with someone who knows how to fill out the various tax forms and go over your situation with him/her. It's difficult to answer your question on a forum like this....

[rupya]

thanks i understood just need to knw where in 1040 or what form to use to enter the webhosting and other expenses

[annej]

Find out about business tax deductions. If you are putting money into your site and your site is your business you should be able to pay less tax.

[walkman]

as long as you report your income the forms don't matter. They're just another tool for IRS to keep track of who got what. If you got the check and you cashed it, report it and you'll be fine..