Hi. I signed up to do reviews for products at Amazon Vine, and was under the impression that I would only be taxed on the taxable value of the product. Even as you select the items it has "taxable value" beside the amount of it. So I was thinking it was like paying sales tax on that amt. Then I rec'd a 1099-NEC and I'm not sure how to report this since I'm not self-employed, nor do I have deductions to take. It was only doing reviews for free products and most ended at goodwill that wasn't used in the home. Nothing was sold or anything like that to make a business from it. It was just fun to pick out things to get and do the reviews to get freebies. So the shocker was when the 1099-NEC came and the full amount of the products was totaled on it, like it was money sent, but wasn't. I had no idea we were to pay taxes on the full amount. I did a practice Schedule C and that put me way up there in the taxable income, and also paying employer and employee income which it is not. Can I put that income as "other" on the Schedule 1 since it's NOT self-employed income? It's only for doing reviews for products, and is in no way a business. Thank you.
