Rose;
I am also very new to Vine, sounds like even newer than you. 🙂
I wish I could give you piece of mind regarding your taxes since you are so worried about them. Yes you will have to pay taxes, BUT ..... and someone else please correct me if I'm wrong, the fact that you said you have not had to file taxes for decades leads me to believe you either had no income or no taxable income. SO your tax obligation for $15,000 MAY not be as 'gut wrenching' as you have been feeling. I hope that is the case. As one of the other post states you can setup a payment plan if needed.
I will let you know that the next question that you will have to figure out is HOW to REPORT the income (there is a post on Intuit about this but no definitive answer) https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/amazon-vine-1099-nec-how-do-i-report-income-and-a... -
GOOD LUCK Rose we are in the boat together. 🙂
