topic I lead a small church as a volunteer and received a gift of appreciation of $1240. The church sent me a 1099 Misc form. Is this gift taxable to me in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/i-lead-a-small-church-as-a-volunteer-and-received-a-gift-of-appreciation-of-1240-the-church-sent-me/01/144010#M59908 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 07:16:14 GMT restharrow 2019-06-01T07:16:14Z I lead a small church as a volunteer and received a gift of appreciation of $1240. The church sent me a 1099 Misc form. Is this gift taxable to me https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/i-lead-a-small-church-as-a-volunteer-and-received-a-gift-of-appreciation-of-1240-the-church-sent-me/01/144010#M59908 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 07:16:14 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/i-lead-a-small-church-as-a-volunteer-and-received-a-gift-of-appreciation-of-1240-the-church-sent-me/01/144010#M59908 restharrow 2019-06-01T07:16:14Z The 1099-misc turned your gift into taxable compensation.... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/the-1099-misc-turned-your-gift-into-taxable-compensation/01/144016#M59911 <P>The 1099-misc turned your gift into taxable compensation. if the amount is in box 7, it will be subject to FICA as well as income tax.</P><P>This is a work around, in TurboTax, to avoid FICA; but box 7 is a red flag to the IRS</P> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 07:16:16 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/the-1099-misc-turned-your-gift-into-taxable-compensation/01/144016#M59911 Hal_Al 2019-06-01T07:16:16Z