<prompt> Human: I have a job offer thats 120,000 a year but I can decide if I want to be a W-2 employee or get a 1099. Im only used to getting 1099s from side work, and they usually end up biting me come tax season because I never put enough aside for them. I know theres a lot of variables involved in this so Im going to try and list everything I think may be relevant.- I will be working out of my home. The home is my fiancés, not mine so I dont know if theres any benefit there.- I pay child support, and if I get a W-2 the state contacts my employer and forces them to take the child support out of my check. If Im self employed I just pay it through the states website.- There are no other benefits with this job, since they are small they dont offer health insurance of 401k.- Im already 8K in debt to the IRS that I make monthly payments on due to my mishandling of 1099s in the past.Opinions?  <response>: If youre not going to pay your quarterly estimated and other taxes responsibly, you might want to do the W2 and let your employer take care of the withholding. Youll also save the employer half of the SS and medicare that way, and possibly some other state employer paid taxes. 