I have 1099 and W2 clients. The 1099 clients report everything as income so they are easier to figure out, but I don't believe I can add the per diems to my W2 income. The W2's do not reference per diem in any way. So I'm uncomfortable changing the "income" reported to something other than what the w2 indicates. I work for these clients for essentially one month each year, and during that month, they withhold taxes, etc but provide no benefits. I am essentially a temporary employee who travels for them for that one month period - but one client only provides $25 a day which doesn't help with the jobsite being in the tri-state area.
Do I look at overages as a whole (take the entire amount of per diem and compare to the entire amount spent over the month) or do I look at each day as one individual amount ?
