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Ugh same. First time having to do them with turk earnings.

Got to the point where it switched from getting a refund to owing and decided it could wait.

Still hoping I did something wrong and I don't owe anything. Lol
gotta watch out for that payroll tax. its the sick twist. if you're "employeed" the employer pays half of that. if you are self employed, you are the employer of you, so you pay all of it.
 

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there's a summary of my day.... finally get a survey to catch, I read the consent page, the next page seems to be an anti-bot check, I answer, and then get a "your response has been recorded." with no survey code or even survey beyond that point. At least it was 30 secs of my life instead of 10-20 minutes before getting bent over.

on the bright side, 100 items done but it was all batch work. Should get me over 700 completed HITS when those get approved so accelerating at a good clip from 500 to 1000.
 

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gotta watch out for that payroll tax. its the sick twist. if you're "employeed" the employer pays half of that. if you are self employed, you are the employer of you, so you pay all of it.
OTOH, you get to deduct half of it so it isn't all screwing. EDIT: 15.3 percent unless the tax law has changed for 2019 on that but at least that qualifies you for social security earned quarters so it helps you with social security if it's still around when you get old enough.

Hard to believe this year will be the 10th year I've had to file as a self-employed person.
 
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gotta watch out for that payroll tax. its the sick twist. if you're "employeed" the employer pays half of that. if you are self employed, you are the employer of you, so you pay all of it.
Yeah I was expecting the refund to disappear. Just wasn't ready for the part where I owed money.
 
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Ugh same. First time having to do them with turk earnings.

Got to the point where it switched from getting a refund to owing and decided it could wait.
you may even have the priviledge to have to send in estimated taxes so the government gets money from you 4 times a year instead of you sending in money once a year and potentially earning a penalty for too little "withholding". If calculated right, it means your refund or tax due from your self-employment activity will be about zero. I only got a 2 buck refund last year from the govt and you betcha I made them send me a check! :sunglasses:
 

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you may even have the priviledge to have to send in estimated taxes so the government gets money from you 4 times a year instead of you sending in money once a year and potentially earning a penalty for too little "withholding". If calculated right, it means your refund or tax due from your self-employment activity will be about zero. I only got a 2 buck refund last year from the govt and you betcha I made them send me a check! :sunglasses:
Yeah I'm thinking I'll have to do that. Planning on making much more turking this year so taxes will only be worse next year
 

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Title: Hot Dog Survey! | Accept
Requester: UCSD Adwave [AWIR5KN08KZ4P] Contact
TV: No Reviews
TO: No Reviews
TO2: No Reviews
Reward: 2.00
Duration: 30:00
Available: 1
Description: Tell us about your fast food eating habits! You don't need to love hot dogs to take the survey. And it takes only about 3 minutes!
Qualifications: Age - 18 - 25 EqualTo 0
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This is fantastic. 2 minutes-ish? HOT DOG[/td][/tr]
 

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Title: Hot Dog Survey! | Accept
Requester: UCSD Adwave [AWIR5KN08KZ4P] Contact
TV: No Reviews
TO: No Reviews
TO2: No Reviews
Reward: 2.00
Duration: 30:00
Available: 1
Description: Tell us about your fast food eating habits! You don't need to love hot dogs to take the survey. And it takes only about 3 minutes!
Qualifications: Age - 18 - 25 EqualTo 0
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HIT exported from Mturk Suite v2.4.6
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This is fantastic. 2 minutes-ish? HOT DOG[/td][/tr]
just nabbed it. thank you!
 

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you may even have the priviledge to have to send in estimated taxes so the government gets money from you 4 times a year instead of you sending in money once a year and potentially earning a penalty for too little "withholding". If calculated right, it means your refund or tax due from your self-employment activity will be about zero. I only got a 2 buck refund last year from the govt and you betcha I made them send me a check! :sunglasses:
I hate this because my main job is a home business that is very seasonal, and 1 of those payments is always about when out of money before the next seasonal income boost hits and end up putting it on credit card and then just never seem to get it paid off. Sometimes it is two payments on the card because one of those quarterly payments hits same time as property tax. Just sigh. Feel like cannot get ahead a lot of the time. Which is why I am on mTurk trying to make a bit extra to make sure we don't go under on the months our income is like $50.
 
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Title: Hot Dog Survey! | Accept
Requester: UCSD Adwave [AWIR5KN08KZ4P] Contact
TV: No Reviews
TO: No Reviews
TO2: No Reviews
Reward: 2.00
Duration: 30:00
Available: 1
Description: Tell us about your fast food eating habits! You don't need to love hot dogs to take the survey. And it takes only about 3 minutes!
Qualifications: Age - 18 - 25 EqualTo 0
[tr][td]
HIT exported from Mturk Suite v2.4.6
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This is fantastic. 2 minutes-ish? HOT DOG[/td][/tr]

Lol because when you are over the age of 25 you don't eat hot dogs?
 
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Title: Hot Dog Survey! | Accept
Requester: UCSD Adwave [AWIR5KN08KZ4P] Contact
TV: No Reviews
TO: No Reviews
TO2: No Reviews
Reward: 2.00
Duration: 30:00
Available: 1
Description: Tell us about your fast food eating habits! You don't need to love hot dogs to take the survey. And it takes only about 3 minutes!
Qualifications: Age - 18 - 25 EqualTo 0
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HIT exported from Mturk Suite v2.4.6
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that was tasty
 

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Title: Hot Dog Survey! | Accept
Requester: UCSD Adwave [AWIR5KN08KZ4P] Contact
TV: No Reviews
TO: No Reviews
TO2: No Reviews
Reward: 2.00
Duration: 30:00
Available: 1
Description: Tell us about your fast food eating habits! You don't need to love hot dogs to take the survey. And it takes only about 3 minutes!
Qualifications: Age - 18 - 25 EqualTo 0
[tr][td]
HIT exported from Mturk Suite v2.4.6
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This is fantastic. 2 minutes-ish? HOT DOG[/td][/tr]
Thank you. :)
 

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Title: Hot Dog Survey! | Accept
Requester: UCSD Adwave [AWIR5KN08KZ4P] Contact
TV: No Reviews
TO: No Reviews
TO2: No Reviews
Reward: 2.00
Duration: 30:00
Available: 1
Description: Tell us about your fast food eating habits! You don't need to love hot dogs to take the survey. And it takes only about 3 minutes!
Qualifications: Age - 18 - 25 EqualTo 0
[tr][td]
HIT exported from Mturk Suite v2.4.6
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This is fantastic. 2 minutes-ish? HOT DOG[/td][/tr]
This was great. Thanks!
 

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Title: Hot Dog Survey! | Accept
Requester: UCSD Adwave [AWIR5KN08KZ4P] Contact
TV: No Reviews
TO: No Reviews
TO2: No Reviews
Reward: 2.00
Duration: 30:00
Available: 1
Description: Tell us about your fast food eating habits! You don't need to love hot dogs to take the survey. And it takes only about 3 minutes!
Qualifications: Age - 18 - 25 EqualTo 0
[tr][td]
HIT exported from Mturk Suite v2.4.6
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This is fantastic. 2 minutes-ish? HOT DOG[/td][/tr]
doesn't care how the old farts eat hot dogs! :wink:
 
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P/E $92.13. I was going to be satisfied with a 50 dollar day since I basically half assed it today and spent too much time huddled around the woodstove, but 2000 Content Research hits later and here I am. :yesyes:
Does content research have a qual? Haven't seen that one before.

Congrats on the big day!
 
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