My husband and I filed married jointly: 1040 for my husband's W2 job and a Schedule C for my small business. My husband started a new job on 11/04/2024. His employer is a new business, and my husband is one of their first employees. So when he started there, he was hired as a salaried employee with a fixed income that he was to be paid bi-weekly, but then they had him fill out a W9 because they didn't have payroll set up yet. He was paid for two weeks of work as an independent contractor, I guess. He then became a W2 employee in the third week and has been an employee since then. At the end of 2024, he got a W2. We used that information to file our taxes on 1/31/2024 and got a refund a couple of weeks later. We didn't realize he would get a 1099-NEC until it came in the mail the second week of February after the taxes were submitted and accepted. I'm trying to add the 1099-NEC to amend the return. Im not sure how to answer the following questions:
It asks if the 1099-NEC is my husband's business, work on the side, main source of income, etc. Its not his business because he was hired and signed an employment offer for a set salary that he gets every two weeks. It wasnt something he did on the side because he still works there but now as an employee.
It asked when he started which was 11/04/2024, and then asks when he stopped. He doesnt know how to answer that because he didn't stop working there, he just became a W2 employee a couple weeks later.
It also asks why he is amending the return. I dont know if he should just say because he got the 1099-NEC late after we submitted the tax return, or if I he should say he was a W9 worker first then became a W2 a couple weeks later, but his employer sent the 1099-NEC late.
If anyone could give us some guidance that would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
