HE owes me 1000$!
Heres the skinny, I work for this guy as a general labor/contractor, and he pays me a hourly wage under the table, the problem is I, haven't got paid in a month and now hes avoiding my calls. I know where he lives, and I know where he is working now. I know he owes another guy money as well.Does anyone have any advice on what I should do?
2007-07-17 06:13:18 · 12 answers · asked by thesonojudan 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
There really isn't anything you can do. Since you have no proof of wages or a timecard , he can actually deny you ever worked for him. You should move on because if you take it to court, you may be assessed back taxes on your wages.
Find a legal job.
2007-07-17 06:21:59 · answer #1 · answered by Big Bear 7 · 8⤊ 1⤋
I think you can pretty much forget about saving your job. If you report your employer, he isn't going to just magically like you enough to offer you a raise. You can either quit now, or stick it out until you have the money you need for the dental work, then quit. Either way, there is no hope of this turning into a fair employment situation, so you might as well give up on that idea. What he is doing is illegal in several ways. 1. Since you were treated as an employee, there's no way you could legally qualify as an independent contractor unless your job responsibilities changed significantly. 2. Even if he could legally treat you as a contractor, everything would have to be on the books and he'd have to issue you a 1099-MISC to report your pay to the IRS. Technically, you are responsible to report this income to the IRS as self employment income, even if you never receive any tax forms from the owner. If you make $400 or more from self employment, then you're legally required to file a return, report the income, and pay self employment taxes. You should quit and look for another job. Whether or not you report this employer to the state department of labor and industries, and/or the IRS, is up to you. I would talk to your Dad before you do anything though. It would be illegal for your boss to fire your Dad as retaliation for reporting him, but he can make your Dad's job miserable and fire him the first time he makes a minor mistake.
2016-03-15 05:45:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since you took the job illegally, you have no legal recourse to follow unless you are willing to come clean on your arrangement with the proper authorities. If this occurred this year, you may ask for a 1099 and still be legal (assuming you have a social security card and are can work in the country legally) which would give you some recourse. If not, I suggest you go to where he works and ask him for the money he owes you (you have no proof of this, so it's his word against yours). I suggest you get all the other people he owes money to to go with you and confront him there. That may be enough to encourage him to come clean.
If he is working "under the table" for someone, he may want to make it go away by paying you (if he even has the money, which I doubt). If he has a contractor's license, I would tell him you will report him to the licensing agency.
2007-07-17 06:33:49 · answer #3 · answered by Lou 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tell him that if he doesn't pay you what he owes you, your next phone call will be to the IRS to report him for non payment of wages and taxes. You may get into trouble, but some general laborers and contractors pay their taxes at the end of the year at tax time so you could claim you intended to do this and then do it. He, however, will get into even bigger trouble for intentionally bilking the system. See how he sings to that tune.
2007-07-17 07:53:11 · answer #4 · answered by foodieNY 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you have done work for this guy and he is suppose to be paying you then I suggest as a general contractor you bill him for services rendered for the past month.
You give him two weeks to pay you. If he does not pay you, then you can sue him in small claims court for the money that is due you.
The other thing is that you can file a complaint with the Labor Department in your state, explaining that he has not paid you for the past month.
I hope this helps
2007-07-17 07:05:26 · answer #5 · answered by bernie 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Keep on him, but don't seem desperate or do something you might regret.
As a last resort, threaten to forward information about him to the IRS, yet be prepared to pay taxes on the money that you received under the table.
Don't let your under the table money get this large in the future.
2007-07-17 06:26:36 · answer #6 · answered by Starte Christ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
learn from this lesson. protect yourself from someone scumbing y ou out and demand to be a w2 wage earner. leave him some messages and then start randomly stopping by hours when u know he will be home from work. dinner time is the best time. keep calling most people will subseed.
2007-07-17 06:53:58 · answer #7 · answered by spadezgurl22 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Take him to small claims court and then after you win forward a court transcript to the IRS.
2007-07-20 15:57:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hire a hit man.
No, man, you're screwed. Wage & hour board is not going to touch you since you don't have as much as a W-4 form on file.
It's down the toilet. Move on.
2007-07-17 06:22:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
When you're being paid under the table, that doesn't necessarily mean legal payment. Thus, he's not legally obligated to pay you. You might want to try talking to a lawyer about it, but from now on I'd suggest setting up a contract and paying taxes on your income.
2007-07-17 06:21:15 · answer #10 · answered by Brooke 3 · 8⤊ 3⤋