A little background: I graduated college in May and started working for a startup company in June. I bartended part-time at a restaurant for three years to help pay for college but decided to leave this job to invest more time into my new full-time employment. Due to the serious lack of employees, I ended up working 70+ hours each week. Because of this, the owner of the company put me on salary.
A couple weeks ago the company went under and is in remission but still alive. I was told to find another job and come back in four months when they were on their feet again. I decided to file for unemployment in the meantime while I looked for another job because money is tight and I can't really afford to be out of work. I recently received a letter from the Department of Labor & Industry stating that I was eligible for unemployment based on my earnings at the restaurant. There is no record on there that I ever worked for the more recent company.
The owner of the company has cut a lot of corners trying to save money so it does not surprise me that he didn't legally claim me as an employee. I have received all of my paychecks in cash with the 'taxes' already taken out of them. Before taxes, I am supposed to earn $1,200 every two weeks. I have received $900.00 exactly in cash for each payroll (and in fact, he still has not paid me two full payrolls). I have one pay stub from the very beginning of my employment but there are no other records of how payroll has been conducted.
I don't know how I am supposed to file for taxes on a job I did not legally have. Please help, I am worried that I will get audited and be forced to pay the taxes I will owe even though my employer already deducted them from each paycheck. Thank you for any advice you can give.
Edit: Removed the reference to the 1099, it must have been the W4.
Submitted October 16, 2018 at 06:40PM by CapitalPush https://ift.tt/2q3WiZT
