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If I started the year as a minister, with a housing allowance, but in August I stopped being a minister and working for a for-profit company...am I self-employed or not?
I began the year as a minister working for a church. Most of my income was marked as "housing." I was paying estimated taxes. Then in August, I started working for a for-profit employer, and my taxes were withheld. I continued to pay estimated taxes in September, just in case. More than 1/2 my income for the year was for the for-profit employer.
1. Am I considered "self-employed" for tax purposes? The whole year, or just partial?
2. Are my housing expenses for the whole year tax-exempt, or just while I was a minister?
3. What occupation should I enter on my 1040?
4. Any other pitfalls I should worry about?
Thanks in advance.
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‎June 4, 2019
9:15 PM