If you're being paid as an independent contractor (meaning your income is reported to you on a 1099-NEC rather than on a W-2), then you must make quarterly estimated tax payments to the IRS, and also to your state if your state has an income tax.
https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/estimated-taxes
**Answers are correct to the best of my ability but do not constitute tax or legal advice.
