<prompt> Human: Last summer 2017, I 22 babysat for a family whom I found through Sittercity. I was with them for 2-3 weeks. I was paid weekly by personal check. In total, I earned 463 during my time with them. The dad texted me today saying he needs my address SSN to send me a 1099. My parents file me as dependent since Im 24 yrs old, a full-time student, and still live with them- so I always just gave them my W2s and they took care of filing taxes. Therefore, I was always clueless about taxes I now realize how stupid and irresponsible that is and Ive done a lot of research today. Anyways, there was never any discussion of my being an employee or independent contractor i.e. they didnt have me complete a W-9 prior to my starting to babysit. I was planning to claim the 463 on the tax return as other income. But Ive now learned that the 1099 the dad wants to give me is for me to have to file self-employment taxes as an independent contractor. Am I obligated to provide him with my information? Could I get in trouble legally if I ignored his request? Does this mean I will have to pay self-employment taxes on the 463? Thanks so much in advance for any helptipsadvice. Feel free to ask for any other details.Assistant: Send him back a link about how a sitter in your home is never a 1099 contractor. Hes wrong. You were an employee, but made under the threshold to have to pay nanny taxes. Human: Like this link : Assistant: Probably just needs your SSN to enter on Form 2441.Human: Oh! I didnt know about Form 2441. But he specifically said so I can send you your 1099. Do you know if Im legally required to provide him with my info, regardless of if its for the 1099 or 2441?Assistant: Yes. They should use Form W10 to request it. From the instructions: A care provider who doesnt give you a correct TIN is subject to a penalty for each failure unless the failure is due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect.Human: I wasnt planning on giving him incorrect infoTIN; I wanted to know what would happen if I were to just ignore his request, would I be in trouble legally  <response>: Yes. Not giving him a tax ID number would be a failure to provide a correct ID number. Im not sure why there is so much advice on how to make this difficult. 