Tax Liability for Work Camping

Hmm, interesting question. Surely someone has had experience with this and can answer. I'll speculate that it may depend on the policy of the organization you're workamping for.

I think someone from Amazon has posted here in the past about their opportunity. Maybe you could shoot that person a PM and ask what Amazon does.

Are employer paid benefits taxable income in the US? If so, I expect the fully paid site rental would also be a taxable employment benefit. The discount I would think would not create taxable income. Note: reply strongly impacted by Canadian tax law. However, the philosophy is likely very similar.
Vic

These posts with taxes and site in them may help.

First, as a real tax expert, not us Internet morons.

I actually used to know what I was talking about, but the rule about of "housing" is considered taxable income relates to the question if your job requires you to be on-property. Example a maintenance job at a campground, were you could be called on to fix something at any hour would probably not qualify as taxable. But a job at Amazon probably would.

That all being said, ask someone that is actually qualified to answer, how tax laws are interpreted changes and someone that no-longer follows it, daily, could be wrong in what they recall.

Like most everything connected to taxes, it ain't as simple as whether or not you get a 1099 from an employer, or even whether or not living onsite is part of the job.

There's a very good rundown of the tax implications of workamping at this site.

As always, though: your own accountant or even a tax-prep volunteer in the State you're working/filing in is probably your best resource.

Why not ask your prospective employer?