Taxes Questions and Answers

Hi, I am a caddy and am trying to figure out if I have to pay taxes for caddying if I am under 18?




Answers: How are you paid? Directly by the golfers? If so, you have to file if you earned more than $400 in 2007. You're considered self-employed and have to pay self employment taxes and possibly income taxes.

File Schedule C or C-EZ to figure your net income. If it's $400 or more, attach Schedule SE to figure the self-employment tax.

If you are a dependent, you'll have to pay income taxes if the net income is over $5,350.

If you were paid by the club you'll get a W-2 very soon if you haven't received it already. You must file a return if your earned over $5,350 OR if there is any uncollected Social Security taxes on your tips.

Hopefully you claimed your tips with the club, right? If you didn't then you'll have to pay the Social Security and Medicare taxes on those regardless of how much you made, plus a 50% penalty for not reporting them as required.

Please ignore the poster who claims that your parents can claim your income and pay your taxes. That is totally FALSE! He has no idea what he's talking about!
Either you have to pay them, or your parents can pay them for you on their return.

But they need to be paid. You'll have to complete a Schedule C, unless you made less than $400 last year.

If the people you caddy for just pay you out of pocket and you don't work for a club, then actually, nothing is reported to the IRS and they would never know if you paid the taxes or not.

But the letter of the law says you should pay if you make $400 or more. Ask your folks for their advice.
Age is NOT important. If your total income was less than your standard deduction, your taxable income is zero. If it is more than your standard deduction, you are required to file and will have a tax liability.

Note: the comment about your parents claiming your income is confused. The rule they are thinking of only applies to UNEARNED income such as interest or dividends.

Looking for angelic Personal Income Tax Preparer/Accountant?

I am looking for a good personal Income rates preparer/accountant in Durham Region. I'd prefer to accord with someone surrounded by Port Perry, or Clarington.

I usually do my taxes with tariff software packages but I'd like to operation with a professional as this year's charge may be a little more complicated. I wouldn't want to miss out on any opportunity for a return.

If you can suggest someone, can you also tell me what their average rate is etc?

Thanks


Answers: I would suggest you ask around if any of your friends use a professional accountant, see if they recomend someone.

If that doesn't work, try calling a few contained by the phone book. Ask about experience within your areas of concern.
Go to H & R Block. They will take attention of everything and if the CRA questions anything on your return, they will concord with it adjectives at no charge. Their fee includes year round assistance. They won't charge you too much, between $75-$120. Students $30. I have no problem with them. They are professional and friendly. A CA or CGA will charge you seriously more, and not provide any extras at all (unless you remuneration for them).

I've be claiming 0 on my W-4 for the later few years and verbs to owe on my taxes, any suggestions?

I am married, we do not own a home and try to deduct as much as we are competent to. It's very frustrating, because usually when we do only my husband's taxes we get a settlement, add my into the equation and we owe. I'm still paying past its sell-by date the irs from years past, minister to!


Answers: What has your husband be claiming on his W4? He may be claiming to many exemptions and while it doesn't hurt him beside just his income your income puts him into a complex bracket and it hurts him.
Figure out how much you owe each year, and swarm out a new W-4 indicating that they thieve additional money out of respectively paycheck so that they annual total is about what you've be paying.

You two can decide how much to embezzle from each main source of income. If you owe $2,000 each year, and you build 30% of the income and your husband makes 70%, after he should have them withhold an extramural $1,400 each year from his settle up and you have them do an more $700 from your pay. Divide the total by how abundant paychecks you get surrounded by a year and they'll take that much extra out of respectively.

At the end of the year, you should pretty much break even.

When you wallet as "married, filing jointly" you can't articulate that JUST MY HUSBANDS taxes give us a settlement. It doesn't work that way. You are probably one paid much smaller number than him and being tax in a lower levy bracket.

This happens near my wife and I every year. We both contribute to the total income, and that's what's taxed on. There is truly a form on the back of the W-4 which will narrate you to fill out a bunch of income numbers for you and him and respectively other's withholding and it will suggest the additional amount you inevitability to take out. It doesn't call for to all come from YOUR paycheck (although it could). He desires to understand that.

If he can't recognize it, just share him you'll quit working and he can foot all the bills, confer you some spending money, and get the levy refund.

It ain't comfortable to understand.
How oodles allowances has your husband be claiming on his W-4? If you owe, he needs to downsize that by 1 for each $500 that you owe at file time.

If he is already claiming 0 then you both want to have other taxes withheld from your pay. If you owe $1,000 after you each involve to have an extra $10 per week withheld for Federal income taxes to avoid a debt subsequent year.

That said, if you are paying off the IRS and the amount you owe is small it might be best to set off things as they are! Keep in mind that your repayment will be captured it you own one coming, so it might be best to owe a few $$$ at filing time to avoid have to deal next to the hassle of the refund invasion. Just a thought.
If you are both claiming zero and still running out up owing, you need to request that an extra amount be withheld. You do this on flash 6 of your W-4.

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