I'm doing on line surveys for some market research companies.(I'm not employed by those companies,just earn some pocket money to help my family)

The thing is I just heard that once I earn more than $600 in one year,my survey payments are taxable. Can you tell me which tax form I shoud fill out for this kind of income? 1099 Form ?

Another concern is I'm a F2 and don't have SSN. Some of survey payments go to my hubby's name, parts go to my name. Do I need to pay tax? If the answer is Yes. How to pay tax if I don't have SSN?

Thank you in advance for your help!

看到标题吓偶一跳。。。
其实偶学的是最基本的federal income tax.复杂的都要查老师的那个厚厚的书才行啊。

我也不清楚这种survey income该怎么算。
不知你是否有收到那些公司的任何form。
一般来说，如果你的收入是taxable的，会收到对方给你的form, 告诉你有多少钱是taxable的。没有的话，就不用算得吧。
要不我帮你去问老师吧，到时再告诉你。

If you are not an employee in the company, they will pay you as a contractor for the service you performed, which means they won't match the FICA portion and deduct federal tax for you.

The threshold for the company to report the 1099 Misc income is $600. If your service is more than $600, you will receive a 1099 Misc from the company at the end of the year. This kind of income is taxable.

I'm not a CPA, above is just for your reference.

Thank you very much! Freeway and Mimirose.

Here is the response I received from the survey company "You have to earn over $600 a year before it's
taxed. We file on our end, but ultimately you are responsible for
declaring monies you have won."

Does that means if the company doesn't send a 1099 form,then I don't need to pay tax?

P.S: If Freeway can get more detailed info from your advisor,I would greatly appreciate that...

freeway mm，俺捡了点钱要不要交税？

大于1000的都要交税，你最好老实一点。

以下是引用hotwater在2004-5-9 23:47:35的发言：
freeway mm，俺捡了点钱要不要交税？

以下是引用hotwater在2004-5-9 23:47:35的发言：
freeway mm，俺捡了点钱要不要交税？

不用交税。。。
哪怕是一分钱，也是要交给警察叔叔的。。。
但最好是交给偶。。。。。

今天去问了老师，他说他没有碰到过non-resident的这种情况，
但他会去查一下，之后发email给我。

Thank you ! Btw, Can F2 pay tax? Someone told me the tax rate depends on my household income,is that true? Can you give me a range (20% of the income? Or 30%?)