There are some expenses, however, that you have that cannot be specifically allocated to a Schedule C or to a W-2 job. If you take someone out who has already given you a freelance contract and you are discussing further work, clearly this expense goes on a Schedule C. Most expenses should be traceable to a particular job. Too often, people try to put all their expenses on their Schedule C because they no longer can itemize these expenses on a Schedule A Doing this is not acceptable and may well be disallowed at an audit.
If the job was for a W-2, then the expenses are no longer deductible. If you had to travel to Seattle for a freelance job, then those expenses should be handled on your Schedule C. Thus you should know what an expense was for. How do you divide expenses between your W-2 income and your freelance income? Business expenses are supposed to be for specific business purposes. In other words, if you make $15,000 and have $5,000 of expenses, your taxable freelance income is $10,000. Depending on your other itemized deductions and your income, they still may be counted on certain state tax forms such as those for NYS.īusiness expenses for you as a freelancer get deducted directly from your income on your Schedule C.
Other expenses on a Schedule A are state and local taxes, contributions, and mortgage interest and real estate taxes.Īs of the 2018 tax year, business expenses for wage or W-2 workers are no longer deductible on federal returns. This meant that before you even thought about taking business expenses, you were only able to take the amount over 2% of your adjusted gross income. Up to and including 2017, they were subject to a 2% floor on the Schedule A. W-2 expenses were put on Form 2106 which was for Business Expenses. If you are self-employed, you pay both sides of your self-employment taxes on Form SE you will get a deduction for half of these taxes on the front of the 1040.īusiness expenses for wage or W-2 work previously were handled differently than they are for freelance or self-employment work. If you are on a W-2, half of your Social Security taxes were withheld from your pay and your employer paid the other half.
Social security taxes (FICA and Medicare) are handled differently for W-2 work than for self-employment work which is what you do as a freelancer. For tax purposes, you are not a freelancer.
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Please note that in your business the word “freelancer” may be used to mean temporary employees you will be paid as a salaried employee even though you are not on a full time contract or getting benefits. The money you earned directly whether or not a 1099 was issued to you is reported as gross receipts on a Schedule C which is the form for sole-proprietors and freelancers. The W-2 wages get reported as wages on the front of the 1040. The rest of your income is from doing freelance work that has been reported (and sometimes it hasn’t been) on 1099’s. You’ve earned some of your income as an employee that has gotten reported on a W-2.
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