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Get your taxes done using TurboTax
Hello khuong109,
Thanks for joining us today. As to your questions:
A 1099-NEC is an IRS form. Foreign companies are not required to provide them and quite a few US companies don't provide them, either, but you can still report your income without it.
A1 - Report the total $5,000 as income, then
A2 - Claim the $1,700 as an expense where you will only be taxed on your net earnings of $3,300
A3 - You are talking about estimated tax payments, which you should pay if you are expecting to owe at the end of the year. I don't know your whole tax situation, so if you have other income and withholdings that could cover this smaller amount, you should be fine. On the other hand, if all your net income is self-employment but is less than your standard or itemized deductions, the only tax you need to pay an estimate for is the self-employment tax of 15.3% (it's actually a little less than that, but I won't bog this reply down with the details). Otherwise, you can use these free tax calculators to help you estimate. It is possible you could be penalized for not paying estimated taxes in the quarter you earned it, but that is based on a number of factors (total amount owed, the frequency of your income, etc.). If you think you will owe, go ahead and pay as soon as you can.
B - Yes, that sounds reasonable. The 15.3% mentioned earlier is the minimum you would have to pay on any self-employment net income for the self-employment tax (social security and medicare) where 20% is taking into consideration the additional income tax. It might be closer to 25%, but really depends on your individual situation and whether you want to pay estimated state tax, too.
C - TurboTax can handle every aspect of the change in your tax situation.
(BTW - that was 3 questions, I'm an accountant, what did you expect 🙂 )
I hope that helps.