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How to Use Your Lyft 1099: Tax Help for Lyft Drivers
Whether you drive for Lyft full-time or part-time, you’re now enjoying the pay, perks, and prerogatives of being self-employed—from setting your own hours to building customer relations. With the onset of tax season, you face a new business challenge: filing your taxes in a way that minimizes your tax liability. Follow these tips on how to use your Lyft 1099 to complete your tax return and maximize your tax deductions. Read more…
Tax Tips for Uber Driver-Partners: Understanding Your Taxes
As an Uber driver-partner, you’re an independent contractor, not an Uber employee. The difference is huge, especially at tax time. Follow these tips to report your income accurately and minimize your taxes. Read more…
Tax Tips for Lyft Drivers: Ridesharing Taxes
When you’re a driver for Lyft, the most important thing to understand is that ridesharing drivers are independent contractors, not employees. That’s why Lyft doesn’t withhold taxes from your rideshare payments. That’s also why you’ll file taxes as an independent business owner when tax season rolls around. Use these tax tips to navigate your way through filing your self-employment taxes and minimizing your tax bill. Read more…
Tax Tips for Uber, Lyft, Juno and Other Car Sharing Drivers
When you're a driver for a ride-sharing company such as Uber, Lyft, Juno, or other car sharing service, the most important thing to understand about your taxes is that you are probably not an employee of Uber, Lyft or Juno. Drivers for these companies are usually independent contractors, a fact that has tax implications, both at filing time and year-round. Read more…
How Bonuses Are Taxed
Working hard all year to help your company meet its annual goals deserves a reward, and you've definitely earned that bonus. But bonuses count toward your income for the year, so they're subject to income taxes. Read on to learn how much tax you can expect to pay on your bonus—and for tips on reducing your tax liability. Read more…
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