I have a couple of problems with being issued a 1099 by this individual. I might add that I am meticulous about claiming my income, so I am not looking to avoid claiming money I received, but I also don’t want to add complications that are not appropriate.
- If they pay me by credit card, I will already be getting a 1099 from my credit card processor, that will include the money they paid me. If they also send me a 1099 I will be receiving two 1099’s for the same income.
- I was not contracted by this individual as an independent contractor to provide a service. She was part of a non-business course that I taught and she paid me tuition.
- I did not knowingly have a relationship with her business. She attended my course as a student. The fact that she feels her tuition can be a business expense I don’t believe turns her tuition into non-employee compensation.
- but probably the one issue I am most sensitive about is giving someone I don’t know well my Social Security number so they can issue me a 1099.
I maintain that if she feels the tuition she paid for my class is a business expense she should deduct it from her return documented by a receipt for tuition issued from me, not by a 1099 issued by her business.
Her tax preparer is being very aggressive towards me and I would like to have an appropriate response, if indeed tuition paid to me does not warrant a 1099.
I did not provide a business service, btw. This was a personal development course.
