<prompt> Human: Should I pay my taxes at the end of the year or agree to pay them as I get paid by my employer ?  <response>: In the US its the law to pay your taxes as you earn them, paid at least quarterly. You cant pay your taxes at the end of the year, no matter how youre paid.However I suspect youre asking if you should be a 1099 employee independent contractor or a W2 employee regular employee, generally...you want W2 because you pay 7.2 less taxes rather, your employer pays that bit. With all that said, there are strict rules on what is and is not an employee, and if your employer is asking, you probably have to be a W2 employee a 1099 job requires that you are an independent contractor and act like it...and generally you can come in whenever you want and work whatever hours you want, because youre paid to do a job, not work specific hours. 