maid wants a 1099

The deadline is (well, was) Jan 31. No idea what happens if you're late.

Also no idea why she wants a 1099, usually they want to hide their income.

Is that really a contractor to you? Or is that just a service?

I don't provide tax documentation to my terminex guy, or my lawn guy, or the garbage man. I pay for the service. I'm not really contracting them to work for me as an employee. I mean, I guess if it's a full time, live-in maid.

I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure individuals don't prepare 1099s.

Yes technically you are supposed to 1099 anyone that you pay over $600 and is not a corporation. Well, I do that with my LLC. If its personal, I don't know how that works? I wouldn't think an individual would 1099 someone, or else anytime you hired a contractor like for home remodel, landscaping, etc you'd have to 1099 them.

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I don't pay my maid nearly enough to warrant a 1099 ($150 a month for 2 deep cleanings).

If you don't mind me asking, how much do you pay her?

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The threshold for a business is $600, so if she cleaned your commercial office then yes that is enough.

Just my house.

Thank god she speaks broken English and likes cash

I don't know what they put in the water in Senegal, but this woman can clean more in 2 hours than I can in 7 days. Like a tornado of cleanliness.

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Either she is applying for a loan or an apartment somewhere that requires proof of income or she plans on asking for payroll taxes be paid on her behalf by the employer.

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He said her kid is going to college and its needed for that for some reason. Maybe co-signing student loan?

If you paid her $2000 or more for 2017, you were required to withhold Social Security and Medicare Taxes. I'm not a tax expert, but you might be opening a can of worms if you give her a 1099, if you meet this threshold and didn't withhold. IRS.gov

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Household employees include housekeepers, maids, babysitters, gardeners, and others who work in or around your private residence as your employee. Repairmen, plumbers, contractors, and other business people who provide their services as independent contractors, are not your employees. Household workers are your employees if you can control not only the work they do but also how they do it.

Social Security and Medicare Taxes (Federal Insurance Contributions Act – FICA)
If you pay cash wages of $2,000 or more for 2017 (this threshold can change from year to year) to any one household employee, you generally must withhold 6.2% of social security and 1.45% of Medicare taxes (for a total of 7.65%) from all cash wages you pay to that employee. You also must pay your share of social security and Medicare taxes, which is also 7.65% of cash wages. (Cash wages include wages you pay by check, money order, etc.) Unless you prefer to pay your employee's share of social security and Medicare taxes from your own funds, you should withhold 7.65% from each payment of cash wages you make.

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How much did you pay her? How much a week does she work at your house? Who controls her schedule? Who provides her supplies and equipment?

She's either an employee - in which case she's a W-2 and payroll taxes are involved, or she's a service provider. Since you don't have a trade or business that she contracts with, you don't have to give her a 1099 if she's not an employee.

If she is trying to apply for student loans, she should be able to use her Sch C as proof of income.

I meant that individuals aren't normally required to furnished 1099s to others, be it corporations, partnerships or other individuals.