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| 1 February 2008 | |
| I had a client of mine receive a 1099 from a court. She was a witness to a crime that took place when she was on vacation. She was not paid for her testimony but they reimbursed her for her travel, hotel and meals. I have never run accross this and the IRS website is not being nice to me. If this is really taxable income does it go on a schedule C? Just doens't seem like she should have gotten a 1099 to begin with. But we all know the IRS! | |
| 1 February 2008 | |
| Put it on Sch C and deduct all related costs. Result may become zero net. | |
Nancyshoemake (talk|edits) said: | 1 February 2008 |
| i agree with dzcpa! | |
Nancyshoemake (talk|edits) said: | 1 February 2008 |
| i agree with dzcpa! | |
Death&Taxes (talk|edits) said: | 1 February 2008 |
| I quibble a little and say put the gross on line 1 and the same figure on Line 48 with the explanation that these are reimbursed expenses of giving testimony. If you break out the expenses, you might find some are meals and you will lose half on Sch C. | |
| 1 February 2008 | |
| Unless you want to charge more, I beolieve that this is a Line 21 (in and out) situation. | |
RoyDaleOne (talk|edits) said: | 1 February 2008 |
| Was the 1099 a 1099-INT?
What type of 1099 and what box were the amounts entered. I agreed with you that most likely she should not have received the 1099. Ask the court to correct the 1099 to zero. | |
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