Thank you very much Vanessa A!
It's frustrating that the university didn't consider her an employee. She worked there in the summer of 2023 also and got a W-2 and didn't owe any federal taxes on it, even though she earned more in 2023 than she did in 2024. I recognize that if the university had put her income on a W-2 in 2024 they'd have withheld social security and medicare, but those amounts add up to much less than 15% she now owes. Oh well, it doesn't sound like there's anything we can do about it at this point.
Thanks again for the speedy and concise reply!
