*Income is constructively received when it is credited to your account or set aside for you to use.
** Report income when earned and deduct expenses when incurred even if not paid during the tax year.
Please, provide copies of payment documents if you have them as well as amount(s) you received during the tax year(s) you need to prepare tax return(s) for at the end of the questionnaire along with any expenses you incurred to operate as a self-employed person.
* A sales return is a cash or credit refund you gave to customers who returned defective, damaged, or unwanted products. A sales allowance is a reduction in the selling price of products, instead of a cash or credit refund.
(1) The business portion of expenses for gasoline, oil, repairs, insurance, license plates, etc.
(2) Contract labour includes payments to persons you do not treat as employees for services performed for your trade or business.
(3) Contributions to employee benefit programs that are not an incidental part of a pension or profit-sharing plan.
(4) This includes expenses for meals while traveling away from home for business, but not entertainment expenses.