My sister in law and her husband made 9,800$ income last 2013

[lovekoto 3]

I have question about my sister in law'sincome. She said they worked as contractors (her and her husband) and they made 9,800. Their boss did not issue a 1099. But they have a record of what they have earned. So Technically, my sister in law earned $ 4,900 and her husband $ 4,900 also. How can they file a tax with this? Married Filed Jointly or Married Filed separately? Which do you think they will owe smaller? and What tax form?

Thank you.

[Ryan E 10]

There are too many unknown variables to give a good answer. If your she really doesn't know anything about taxes, then she should probably go to a tax preparer. Since there income is quite low, there should be on organization willing to do it for free if they look.

She should be aware that as a contractor, they are responsible for paying the taxes themselves and their employer didn't make any withholdings. I don't have the forms handy, but they're probably not going to owe much income tax, but they will likely owe 15% self employment tax.

They really need a tax preparer of some sort.