Thanks! I’m in the same situation as well. As a fellow Vine reviewer, it’s frustrating that these products are given to Amazon for free yet we are given a 1099 for them. It’s also frustrating that these Estimated Taxable Value of the item we receive which is deemed as “compensation,” can be a debated amount as Amazon sometimes compensates reviewer full price of the item but then when you look at the listing, they have a sale on it where if I was to purchase it outright, it would be 50% off- just an example. We don’t get the sale price. We do have the option to decline though but that means we miss out on the chance to review a potentially really good item. It stinks. What I don’t understand is if our reviews are being marked as “Amazon Vine Customer Review of Free Product,” why are we receiving a 1099, non-employee compensation, especially when the sellers give the product to Amazon for free?
