<prompt> Human: My boyfriend, who does flooring as a subcontractor, was told by his boss they were not going to be giving him a 1099. He is a sub contractor, and has saved money for taxes throughout the year, and also paid for his own business insurance and workmans compunemployment coverage also. His boss pays him with personal checks, and told him that he could use the number they give him - or make up his own, or not even file at all. What are his responsibilities and obligations? His boss will not give him their Tax ID number. Should he use the income amount they are stating? He does not have a record of all of the checks he received.  <response>: The tax advice here is good, and I cant improve on it.However, I will offer some job advice: your boyfriend should start looking for a different job. This is no way to run a company, and who knows what kind of trouble they are in with the IRS. Besides, contractors deserve better treatment than this. 