Stripe Express Guide: What Should Be the Statement Descriptor for Contractors?
What a Stripe Express statement descriptor actually is, and why it should match your legal name or DBA for clean bookkeeping.
Gig Platform Guides
Platform-specific tax and income guides for DoorDash, UberEats, Instacart, eBay, OnlyFans, Stripe Express, and other gig and marketplace work.
Sole Proprietorship vs. Independent Contractor: What Is the Difference for Tax Purposes?
Why ‘independent contractor’ and ‘sole proprietorship’ answer two different questions, and why most gig workers are both at once.
DoorDash, UberEats, and Instacart: How Much Can You Make as an Independent Contractor?
Why there’s no single honest answer to ‘how much can you make’ driving for these platforms — and how to calculate your own real number.
OnlyFans Taxes: What You Actually Owe After the 20% Platform Fee
OnlyFans income is taxable and reported like any other 1099 income — how the platform’s 20% cut factors in before you calculate what you actually owe.
eBay Seller 1099s: What Changed and What You Actually Owe
When eBay is required to send you a 1099-K in 2026, why the threshold keeps changing, and what actually counts as taxable income from your sales.
The Full DoorDash Deduction List: Mileage, Phone, Hot Bags, and More
The real deductions — mileage, phone, hot bags, and more — that come off your DoorDash 1099-NEC before the IRS calculates what you owe.
DoorDash Doesn’t Send You a W-2 — Here’s What It Sends Instead
Why DoorDash sends Dashers a 1099-NEC instead of a W-2, and what that one-letter difference actually changes about how you owe tax.