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Amazon reports what it paid you. We turn that into what you owe, starting with your miles.
Box 1 is one figure covering everything Amazon paid you for the year:
Amazon takes no commission from your block pay, so box 1 tracks your deposits closely. Check the figure against the earnings summary in the app before you file, and tell us if the two differ.
Logistics and .com package blocks carry no tipping, so a driver on package blocks alone sees block pay and surge in box 1 and nothing else. A cash tip at the door appears on no form, and we report it separately.
Amazon pays you for a service, delivering packages. Amazon does not process payments on your behalf, which is what puts earnings on a 1099-K. Some tax software asks which form you received, and some guidance quotes a 20,000 dollar and 200 transaction test that applies to rideshare platforms, not to Flex.
Amazon has to send you a 1099-NEC only when it pays you the federal threshold for that year or more:
Your own filing threshold is lower. You multiply your Schedule C net profit by 92.35 percent on Schedule SE, and you file Schedule SE if the result is 400 dollars or more. A weekend of blocks can clear that, and your mileage log is what brings the profit figure down.
Illustrative, on a 1099 reporting 30,000 dollars.
Gross, before a single mile comes off.
Deducted at the standard rate, in place of your actual vehicle costs.
Phone, insulated bags, tolls and parking.
Taxed, with self-employment tax applying on top of income tax.
Your 1099 says nothing about mileage, so the record is yours to keep. A driver with a contemporaneous log pays tax on a fraction of the box 1 figure. A driver without one has no deduction to claim.
Contemporaneous is the operative word. You record the miles as you drive them. A log rebuilt from memory afterwards is weaker, and the difference shows if the IRS asks you for it.
Two methods exist for claiming vehicle costs, and switching between them in later years has consequences. We set your position in your first year with us and explain what it commits you to.
If you filed a prior year with no mileage claim, send it to us while you can still amend it.
For what you owe across your whole return, see individual tax preparation. For the payments due through the year, see quarterly estimated taxes.
We put a CPA or an Enrolled Agent on every return. We do not use seasonal staff.
We quote you a fixed fee before we start work. We do not run an hourly meter.
We answer your email within 24 hours, in filing season and outside it.
Send us your 1099-NEC and your mileage record, or tell us you have no mileage record.
We set your vehicle position, because it moves more tax than anything else on your return.
We reconcile your app earnings against the box 1 figure, including any year Amazon sent no form.
We add your other platforms, if you drove for more than one.
We file, and we set up your record keeping so next year costs you less.
Pricing runs per return, not per form. These are the factors that set a quote, and you get the fixed number before the work starts.
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You can file from the box 1 figure yourself. If you do, you pay tax on the miles you drove and did not claim.
We explain general rules and we are not advising you on your own situation. Your answer depends on facts we cannot see until we look at your records, so speak to a CPA before you file.
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