Question
Substitute teacher with unreliable income
A substitute teacher in CA, not paid every month, and, of course, no pay all summer. School districts don’t deduct federal and state from paychecks if the pay is lower than a certain amount. The jobs are unpredictable. Nevertheless, CA state penalized me for not paying taxes BEFORE certain dates throughout a year. Even if I didn’t work, say, in January, I am supposed to send them money before a deadline in January.
How to avoid this trap, and not to pay them taxes when I was not working at all for a period of time?
