All Forum Posts by: Aviv Peretz

Technically you should 1099 on $600+ but real life no one does for small jobs. Just have a paper trail so can write it off, zelle history etc. is fine. Unless you are doing hundreds of these a year the IRS is not going to fine you for not 1099 them and you can write it off regardless of if you 1099 them legally. 

They fill out a w9, so you can be sure you have their correct address and SSN, or EIN, or other Tax ID in your records, and then you issue the 1099 at the end of each year.

I see. They don't need to fill up anything rights ? I just issue 1099 in the end of the job or in the end of the year ? 

@John Underwood is right. You generally (depending on state) do not need to worry about small repairs (under $500-$600). But that is per job and you cannot split up jobs to avoid this (like some people do :-)

Cleaners do not come under this, and do not need to be licensed in any state that I've ever heard of....

You can easily find licensed Contractors for the larger projects, and you should! You are opening a huge can of worms when you try to get around this legality and leave yourself open to action from the city/county where the work was performed. Plus it just ain't right supporting these scabs instead of using licensed people who are trying to follow the law, get the required training and certifications.