topic My employer caused a third party to pay my bonus and the third party issued me a 1099-MISC (box 7). Do I have to pay self-employment tax though I am not self-employed? in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-employer-caused-a-third-party-to-pay-my-bonus-and-the-third-party-issued-me-a-1099-misc-box-7-do/01/212293#M87105 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 18:14:40 GMT rhinkjr 2019-06-01T18:14:40Z My employer caused a third party to pay my bonus and the third party issued me a 1099-MISC (box 7). Do I have to pay self-employment tax though I am not self-employed? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-employer-caused-a-third-party-to-pay-my-bonus-and-the-third-party-issued-me-a-1099-misc-box-7-do/01/212293#M87105 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 18:14:40 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-employer-caused-a-third-party-to-pay-my-bonus-and-the-third-party-issued-me-a-1099-misc-box-7-do/01/212293#M87105 rhinkjr 2019-06-01T18:14:40Z Your employer made an error.  You should not have been is... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/your-employer-made-an-error-you-should-not-have-been-is/01/212298#M87107 <P>Your employer made an error.&nbsp; You should not have been issued a 1099-MISC.&nbsp; Employee bonuses are supposed to be included on the employee's W-2.&nbsp; When you enter your 1099-MISC in the <B>Other Common Income</B> section of TurboTax, one of the follow-up pages is titled "Do one of these Uncommon Situations apply?"&nbsp; Choose the response "My employer reported this extra money on a 1099-MISC but it should have been reported on a W-2", and proceed from there.</P> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 18:14:41 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/your-employer-made-an-error-you-should-not-have-been-is/01/212298#M87107 TomD8 2019-06-01T18:14:41Z