workamping, taxes, and social security
To those that workamp for a free rv site is there a dollar amount reported for tax purposes and to Social Security. Does one get a W2 at the end of the year? Is it considered taxable income?
Forum Discussion
If you are an employee, then the employer has to withhold and provide workers comp. Always ask what your status is, as if you are an independent contractor, you do the withholding and SS and provide insurance for injury. But as an independent contractor you need a contract that must be legal with terms like dates, hours, termination should be addressed for you or them to end contact, as who pays what if it happens. You can set up a LLC or a DBA and use cost to reduce income and therefore net due for taxes. Some arrangements are informal and unreported and potentially illegal, leaving one open to cost upon injury and possibly no job security.
