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Yes. Airbnb can send you a Form 1099. But which form — and which threshold applies — depends on the type of payment. For ordinary reservation income, Airbnb issues a Form 1099-K. The 2026 federal threshold for that form is more than $20,000 in gross payments. It also requires more than 200 transactions in the … Read more
No — you generally can’t write off your monthly car payment itself, even if you use the car entirely for work. That surprises a lot of freelancers, because people almost universally confuse “car payment” with “car deduction.” What you can actually deduct depends on which method you use: either a standard rate per business mile … Read more
Freelancers aren’t legally required to buy private disability insurance simply because they’re self-employed. But losing the ability to work can be financially severe precisely because there’s usually no employer disability benefit sitting underneath you. What matters most in deciding: how dependent you are on your own earned income, whether anyone else relies on that income, … Read more
Yes — if your income changed materially during 2026, you can generally adjust your final estimated tax payment, due January 15, 2027. But whether you actually need to pay more (or can safely pay less) depends on four specific numbers: your projected 2026 tax, any withholding you have, what you’ve already paid in estimated payments, … Read more
If you filed a tax extension back in April, you likely still have time to make a SEP-IRA contribution for the 2025 tax year. The deadline for that contribution matches your extended return’s due date, October 15, 2026 — not the original April 15 deadline you might assume already passed. This is one of the … Read more
If today — September 15, 2026 — came and went without your third-quarter estimated tax payment, nothing catastrophic happens immediately. The clock on a penalty does start running the moment the deadline passes, though. The fix is almost always the same: pay what you owe as soon as you can. The penalty grows based on … Read more
A rideshare or delivery driver can receive $4,000 in qualified tips over the year and still not deduct all $4,000 of it under the federal “no tax on tips” deduction. Self-employed workers face two separate caps: a flat $25,000 annual limit, and a second, less-discussed limit tied to the net income of the specific business … Read more
Venmo will send you a Form 1099-K only if the payments you received for goods and services cross $20,000 and exceed 200 separate transactions in the same calendar year. Both conditions have to be true, not just one. Venmo’s own tax help pages confirm that this is the current federal threshold for 2026. A meaningful … Read more
Lyft will send you a Form 1099-NEC if your non-ride earnings hit $2,000 for the year. It will send a Form 1099-K if your gross ride payments cross $20,000 across more than 200 transactions. Those are the current federal thresholds for 2026. A surprising amount of tax content circulating right now — including some pages … Read more
Amazon Flex will send you a Form 1099-NEC if you earned $2,000 or more delivering for the platform in 2026. That’s not the $600 figure still floating around a lot of gig-tax content this year, which describes the rule that applied through 2025. The distinction matters. Getting it wrong can leave a driver either expecting … Read more