Michigan
I am a recent college graduate. I am employed as an intern at a small book publishing company. When I was hired I never received any W4 to fill out, never signed any paper work, and was just hired in as an intern-To do basic clerical work, answer phones, make deliveries, data entry,and sell overstock of books on ebay.
I received a 1099-misc, $16k+ for about 9 months of work during 2004 and upon taking it to a tax professional i was told that i would have to file as self-employed and pay nearly $4500 in taxes.
Is there anyway that my employer can be held accountable for not withholding taxes from my wages. I am not self-employed, I do not do any work from home, I'm not an independant contractor, I don't this for anyone but this company, in their office during normal business hours. I answer to my boss, all actions on my part are reveiwed by him. I have no property, expensis, commision, insurance, workers comp, etc. I don't participate in anything other then general intern/clerical duties.
I feel totally mislead by this employer and I can not afford $4500 in taxes. Is there anything I can do?
I am a recent college graduate. I am employed as an intern at a small book publishing company. When I was hired I never received any W4 to fill out, never signed any paper work, and was just hired in as an intern-To do basic clerical work, answer phones, make deliveries, data entry,and sell overstock of books on ebay.
I received a 1099-misc, $16k+ for about 9 months of work during 2004 and upon taking it to a tax professional i was told that i would have to file as self-employed and pay nearly $4500 in taxes.
Is there anyway that my employer can be held accountable for not withholding taxes from my wages. I am not self-employed, I do not do any work from home, I'm not an independant contractor, I don't this for anyone but this company, in their office during normal business hours. I answer to my boss, all actions on my part are reveiwed by him. I have no property, expensis, commision, insurance, workers comp, etc. I don't participate in anything other then general intern/clerical duties.
I feel totally mislead by this employer and I can not afford $4500 in taxes. Is there anything I can do?