<p>I got a part time job in summer vacation in a restaurant. But after 3 work days I were fired. I got 80 dollars cash from the maneger and signed receipt that said I have received it. But I did't pay any tax for it. </p>
<p>Now I told to the college that I have work experience in a restaurant. I want to fill this 80 dollars wage on FAFSA question 38. </p>
<p>Is this cash payment legal and should I pay any tax for this? And should I do something for my family tax report in Jan?</p>
<p>You don’t have to report it and you don’t have to pay taxes on it. Just leave it alone.</p>
<p>what about the college looked at my application that i said i had a job, but i do not fill any income on my fafsa application?
i want to enter this little amount money on my fafsa because i don’t want the college have question about my work experience…</p>
<p>You should just omit the job reference–three days isn’t “experience”. It’s nothing.</p>
<p>You can work up to $600 with any one employer and not have to pay taxes on it and the company won’t report it to the IRS either. After $600, they have to take taxes out and report it or call it out as an independent worker and file a 1099. Neither of these apply to you, as you only made $80.</p>
<p>only one school that i have told i had a work experience. one of my teacher wrote this experience in the recommendation letter(she just wrote down what i have sent to her!) and sent it to college. should i asked my teacher to write a letter to college to correct this information?and put 0 on my fafsa?
or i still just put “80” on my fafsa?</p>
<p>i think i can do one of this…</p>
<p>You’re really overthinking this…the admissions office is not going to scrutinize your FAFSA line by line (and probably wouldn’t have any data about your FA app anyway). Put the $80 on your FAFSA and quit worrying about it. If this is your only income, you’re not required to file taxes.</p>
<p>or should i just not list this college on fafsa list?
so no one else would know about this?
any suggestion?</p>
<p>Forget about it. It wasn’t reported to anyone and no one looking at your FAFSA has read the same letter about 80 bucks. Relax and happy new year.</p>