ShiftSee is a marketplace, not your employer. Tax responsibilities flow through Stripe and your local tax authority.
Shifters
- If you live in the US and earn enough to meet the IRS reporting threshold, Stripe issues you a 1099-K (or 1099-NEC depending on circumstance) at year-end. It lands in your Stripe dashboard, accessible via Payments → Stripe Dashboard.
- The threshold is set by the IRS and changes most years. As of recent guidance: $5,000+ for tax year 2024, $2,500 for 2025, $600 for 2026. Always check the current IRS rules.
- In other regions, Stripe issues the equivalent local tax document where required (e.g. T4A in Canada).
- ShiftSee does not issue you a tax document directly. We are not your employer; you are an independent contractor of the businesses you work for.
Businesses
- ShiftSee invoices you for fees + base pay charges. Those invoices are valid expense receipts and live forever in Payments → Payment History.
- You may need to track shift pay you sent to specific shifters for your own bookkeeping. The invoice CSV export (coming soon) makes this easy.
- ShiftSee does not issue 1099s on your behalf to shifters; that's between you and your accountant. Many businesses handle this by treating shift pay as 1099-eligible expenses if a single shifter exceeds your local threshold across the year.
Talk to an accountant
The exact treatment varies by region, business structure, and how you classify shifters in your records. A 30-minute consultation with an accountant who knows independent-contractor rules is the cheapest way to be sure.