I got a notification from Amazon this morning about them sending me a 1099 because for 2025 I had $604.10 worth of products I reviewed.
I am clueless on how to proceed with this.
I have no monetary income.
The Vine products I got, most are just some household items.
Some of it is junk that gets tossed in the trash.
I haven't filed taxes in 20 years because, no job, been attempting to get disability for numerous issues in this time.
I started using Vine just to get some stuff that could be helpful where I live. Soap dispensers, a small cabinet, a bath mat or shower curtain. Things like this.
I don't believe it should be counted as income because I'm not reselling it, as a lot of Vine reviewers do.
So it's not a business to me, how could it be when I'm not selling the products? And from Google it says I'm not able to deduct expenses.
But I have no money to pay these taxes that I supposedly owe. Which seemingly are $92.
I was told that expenses could include internet. At best that might be $20? Not even sure it'd be 10% of monthly usage, more than likely closer to 5%, which is minimal. No trash pickup or disposal fees. I use a computer to write the reviews, but the computer is over 6 years old at this point. I didn't buy or pay anything on it in 2025.
Help figuring out the situation would be appreciated.
