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Mystery Shoppers as Independent Contractors

For tax purposes, very few mystery shopping companies hire shopping employees. Instead, they use shoppers as independent contractors, which mean they are people who are in business for themselves, not others.

"Independent contractors are people whom are in business for them selves; they earn their livelihoods from their own independent businesses instead of depending upon an employer to earn a living"

In simplest of terms, it means you are responsible for your own taxes, not the mystery shopping company that gave you the assignment. You will be paid a set amount and the company will not be taking out any state or federal taxes from your check.

This means, that as an independent contractor, you must pay estimated taxes directly to the IRS quarterly.

One of the good benefits about working as an independent contractor is you can deduct your mystery shopping expenses for tax purposes. However, you do not have any job security but with that in mind, it is very rare for a mystery shopper to be hired as an employee and not an independent contractor.

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