Re: Harp players reporting income?

[Cathi Norton <cathi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

$500 isn't it? -- the threshold for reporting on 1099 anyway.

Cathi N.

On Mon, 10
Feb 2003 AV1901@xxxxxxx wrote:

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> In line with the earlier message on the above subject...
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> Please enlighten us on-list as to what the threshold is for music income on a 1099 here in the USA, if anyone knows.
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> Up until now, a certain harp player I know has been paid in cash for any and all gigs. This particular harp player never declared income or expenses and conducted business off the books, if you know what I mean....
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> This past Friday (which happened to be the harp player's 47th birthday), the restaurant owner insisted on getting the name, address and social security # of each band member before paying the band... (what a way to say Happy Birthday!)
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> Now this certain harp player is certainly no star and is not quiting his day job, but he did a number of gigs last year.
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> Who has some experience here with the business end of things that could enlighten me (I'll pass on the info. to the harp player in question) and others)?
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> Andy Vincent
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