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Question

1099 to cut the grass?

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
July 14, 2022
1 reply
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I have an elderly tenant who is unable to take care of the yard so I usually just cash app one of the neighborhood teenagers $50 or so to mow the grass each week. Do I have to send him a 1099?

Not A Product Question

Level 15

If you will be deducting this expense on the Sch E for the rental AND you pay him $600 or more AND you are treating the rental as a business for the QBI then YES otherwise NO.

Level 3

So I guess $50 a week will eventually add up to over $600. Yes I treat it as a rental and it comes out of the business account. I linked my business account to my CashApp account and send it that way.

That just seems weird, sending a 15 year old kid a 1099 for mowing the grass.

Level 15

Self employment income knows no age min or max ... this is the paper trail needed to deduct the expense for "contractors" on the Sch E.