A little over a month ago I was invited to become a member of Vine. I was thrilled and immediately jumped in with both feet. Just like I always do. I never test the water. I never look around for signs that warn about stumps in the river. I never do ANYTHING. Nope, not me! I just dive right on in. And that’s what I did. I’ve gotten things for all my kids, all my grandkids, my sons-in-law, lots for myself. I mean, it was all free, right?! All I have to do was write a review!! And it didn’t even have to be a 5 star review, just an honest one! Man, I can DO that. I really, really can. And the only thing was, once I go over $600 I gotta pay taxes. NO PROBLEM! Even once I figured out they meant Federal tax, it was no problem. But then…I realized that wasn’t what they mean’t at all! The SS is going to count this as income! But how can they?! For the last almost 25 years I haven’t been able to do ANYTHING for my children, for my grandchildren. For my family. For once, I was finally able to do nice things, good things, for everyone in my family. Things I’ve never been able to do in my whole adult life.
So anyway, my question is, can I file taxes and report this as Hobby Income even though as an SSI recipient I’m not required to file taxes?
