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Question about Tip Deduction for Gig Workers / UberEats Drivers
Hello,
I am an UberEats driver, and am doing my year-end taxes, and am pretty much done (i.e. completed all my deductions, like commissions & fees, as well as mileage & expenses). My only point of confusion is with tips. The tax software that I'm using (freetaxusa) only asks about my "qualified tips" on the 1099-NEC section.
The problem is that my NEC income is about 15% of my total gross UberEats income, while my tip income is much higher than that (nearing 50% of my gross income). As a result, I cannot put my full tip amount as it is about 3X more than the NEC amount (i.e. the tax software simply does not allow me to). I'd appreciate any input here.
Thanks.
u/ComprehensiveKiwi489 — 14 hours ago