I used to host a comedy open mic, and since the bar was nice, when I hosted the "show" they would pay me $20 for hosting for a couple hours. Anyways, at the end of the year they sent me a w2 or something showing they paid me (I thought it was all under the table, I mean, all told it added up to less than $500). So I went and added it t…
I used to host a comedy open mic, and since the bar was nice, when I hosted the "show" they would pay me $20 for hosting for a couple hours. Anyways, at the end of the year they sent me a w2 or something showing they paid me (I thought it was all under the table, I mean, all told it added up to less than $500). So I went and added it to my taxes come tax time and it completely wiped out any return I was getting, plus I owed the federal government around $400 because I didn't have my taxes withheld on that $20 a show money.
I used to host a comedy open mic, and since the bar was nice, when I hosted the "show" they would pay me $20 for hosting for a couple hours. Anyways, at the end of the year they sent me a w2 or something showing they paid me (I thought it was all under the table, I mean, all told it added up to less than $500). So I went and added it to my taxes come tax time and it completely wiped out any return I was getting, plus I owed the federal government around $400 because I didn't have my taxes withheld on that $20 a show money.
That is brutal.