Better report your side income

a Candorville cartoon

Like most artists who receive income from more than one source, I file taxes as an independent contractor, so I’ve been dealing with 1099 forms since the mid 1990s. For much of that time, I’ve kept receipts, tracked mileage (when it applied), and itemized my expenses. Sometimes that meant tracking down receipts I’d mistakenly put through the wash, or in…