I am a dependent who will most likely hit the minimum amount required for filing this year. One of my past short term part time positions was in retail, and it was very informal. My employers wanted to pay me under the table at first with checks. I had to fight for my right to fill out a W4 and they never cared about a I9 form (although they just checked my license and SSN). They are immigrant workers who have been working in the US for quite some time, but yet they didn't even seem to know what pay stubs were. I refused any payment without proof of taxes being with held, and they always sent me a makeshift breakdown of my pay and how much went into taxes...but it wasn't anything formal I believe.
I doubt they'll actually send me W2 information when I need to do my taxes because I do not know how to even confirm if they actually took the amount out for taxes or if they just made estimations on a piece of paper to placate me. They could just be random numbers, given their dislike of me asking for a W4 form in the first place. This was a past multi month employment. What do I do to make sure this employment and payments are properly inputed into TurboTax taxes and CA state taxes? What do I need to be prepared to do? Do I need the IRS's help to prove they have been taking taxes? I use the desktop basic version of TurboTax, but this is the first time I will be inputting wages from such an unorganized business.
Thank you for your help in advance!
