Long story short I started an internship with a company in December 2024, I only worked for them 1 month in 2024 and received a W2 at the start of 2025.
I was an intern until the end of April 2025. Starting May 2025, I was offered a full time position.
At the beginning of this year 2026, I received a 1099-NEC and a W2. I plugged all my info into Turbo Tax and am being asked to pay 1.5K+.
This makes no sense to me, I am not and was never a contractor.
Does anyone know what I need to do? Did I make a mistake somewhere and sign something I shouldn't have or was it a mistake on their part?
Posted by Foundwr
4 Comments
What did they say when you asked why you got both?
Did you paychecks from before you were hired have taxes taken out of them did you get the Gross amount?
If you got the a gross amount then you own taxes on it which would imply 1099.
The income on the 1099 nec did not have ss and medicare witholdings
so they charge you a se tax (self employment tax). Youll have to pay SE Tax regardless if its not over your standard deduction.
if your combined w2 and & 1099 income is over your standard deduction. you will also have to pay Federal income tax.
(you can write off expenses if you had any for the income on the 1099)
Celatid and BryDog are probably correct. For those first months of 2025, you were a contractor, they just called you an intern. (To-may-to, To-mah-to).
For the 2024 income, they probably didn’t take out Fed tax, or FICA then either, which is lucky in that there was no need to file to get the money back