Reporting Income for tax purposes

[Steve M]

Originally Posted by aschramm

In almost all of my games and tournaments that I worked this summer, I was paid either by cash or personal check for these. I can only think of 1-2 times that I was paid by check, where the payer had my social security information. Does all of this need to be reported on my taxes? Or just the times that I was paid that can be traced back by my SS number?

Edit: Or is this just a better question to ask my tax man? Also, I get claimed under my parents.

Consider this.
IF I were a manager/coach/player and I questioned your integrity on the field - you'd rightly be offended and dump me. Why doesn't that same integrity - that we all guard so strongly on the field - carry over to your personal life? Of course you need to report it - and if you choose not to, remember that you have too little integrity to do what's right the next time some manager/coach/player questions your integrity in a game.