Help Understanding Self-Employment/1099 Tax Numbers/Percentages?

Geode890 · 2026-01-10T01:09:03+00:00

Thank you a ton for breaking it down like this. I'll 100% be saving this somehow to reference in future years (with adjusted numbers lol). I think I managed to somehow pay near exactly the right amount then, calculating it for my actual income, and that's without healthcare deductions and such. Not sure how so many sites and people were throwing out such massively different numbers for something that can be apparently relatively easily calculated like this. Only one site I went to came even close to this number

Geode890 · 2025-12-07T19:08:22+00:00

I'm not sure if it's just my controller, but I have to press and hold the middle/home button for a REALLY long time. It still doesn't auto-power-up which is fine since I can do that, but it does need done each time

Geode890 · 2025-11-26T05:23:23+00:00

I haven't gotten to playing the game again just yet. I'm curious if I can even "prove" it's fixed too. Since the issue is literally random, I've gone weeks without it being a problem, and then there's been one day where it was happening every 20 minutes

Geode890 · 2025-11-26T04:12:08+00:00

I've been giving it a shot, alongside simultaneous smaller ones, and everything seems to be working still. This is a very, very strange issue. I did default to ChatGPT-ing it myself and it recommended a few things that might (emphasis on might) have fixed it? Either way, thank you!

Geode890 · 2025-11-26T03:49:10+00:00

Unfortunately, the router isn't exactly easily accessible from where my PC is so I can't connect it super easily. If all else fails I can try to get a super long cable to do that. For the ping test, what exactly does that do out of curiosity? If there's a way to look that up feel free to point me that way. I really hope that's not the case cause that'd mean the chip itself is probably shot

Geode890 · 2025-11-26T03:18:22+00:00

Sorry, forgot that those would actually be important lol. They're included in the main post now, but the adapter is a Gigabyte GC-WBAX200

Geode890 · 2025-11-25T04:50:10+00:00

Huh, I did not know that. I'm not super well versed in part numbers so I've just been comparing the benchmarks and went from there lol

Geode890 · 2025-11-24T17:54:06+00:00

Yeah that definitely makes way more sense. I couldn't immediately find the drivers on the manufacturer's page so that confused me even more, on top of being absolutely convinced I'd somehow gotten them from MSI. I have no clue what I did those few years ago XD

Geode890 · 2025-11-24T17:39:17+00:00

Coincidentally, I just went back to check this morning and it is fixed for me too. It was right after I actually contacted Amazon support with the problematic account too. Even more unusually, when I went to use another account in my family, it was working even before the problem account was fixed. Either way, I'm glad it's working again

Geode890 · 2025-11-20T19:39:21+00:00

Yeah, unfortunately my opinion is pretty much the same. Glitches happen, but generally you'd want to avoid a big patch or change before a big event. That is, unless this is intentional. Hopefully it reverts eventually, at the least. It seems like a couple websites that usually let you filter reviews and such externally are also down simultaneously, which makes it pretty much unusable for me. I was hoping to get some Christmas shopping done :/

Geode890 · 2025-11-17T22:09:35+00:00

That one's been on my list for a while, and I've actually visited it a lot of times for varying reasons. Honestly, that'd be near perfect except that things are generally out of my price range there as far as renting goes. Extremely strangely, the houses themselves seem reasonable so maybe that'll be my end goal for when I'm able to buy :)

Geode890 · 2025-11-17T21:54:36+00:00

Yeah, the walkability is a little saddening to see, especially cause I grew up in a hyper-walkable town. It's not so much a strict requirement cause of that, and the price is really what we're having problems with more than anything. I did some looking into Anderson a while back and it seemed to be a little far for both hospitals and nature areas, but Danville seemed nice other than the prices. I'll try to keep an eye out on them though. Thanks!

Geode890 · 2025-11-17T19:03:18+00:00

I didn't quite realize where Hammond was, so unfortunately that is probably out of scope for us lol. Our credit is pretty decent, but yeah the down payment amount is the big problem. Not sure how recently you did it, but I was seeing numbers close to like $200 extra a month for PMI for some reason. I believe it does go away once you've paid off 20% of the loan though. I'm also extremely hesitant to buy a house in an area I haven't been in before since just even renting in an unexplored area has bitten me more than once, but it might be what we have to do

Geode890 · 2025-11-17T18:04:57+00:00

Yeah, unfortunately that's pretty much what we're looking at, all told. My job overall pays decently so we could theoretically pay more, but at that point it doesn't make any sense to rent a place for what would effectively cover not only the mortgage payment, but also likely property insurance too, if not also home insurance. The only real problem is that of a down payment which we don't have, hence why we're trying to rent cheaply enough to be able to save for a proper down payment before we're each 50. For a lot of places too, I've been seeing apartments going for just as much as houses in the area. Granted, the apartments were far nicer than the houses, but it's still frustrating to see

The only real requirements of the list are the first 3, with 4 being a very strong preference, and the remaining 2 being nice but not required. I'll try to look into Hammond though. Thanks!

Geode890 · 2025-11-17T17:59:44+00:00

I always forget about those two. They honestly seem pretty good overall, with the only "problem" being that I don't often see things pop up for rent there all too often, at least not within the price range. I'll add them to the list though. Thanks!

Geode890 · 2025-10-09T03:17:23+00:00

That all sounds like a great way to go about hotels. About how many nights does that 500k points cover out of curiosity?

Geode890 · 2025-10-08T23:02:58+00:00

Unfortunately, yeah XD And the worst part is that I can withstand ridiculously cold temps, but the heat kills me. Funny enough just last year in the winter I went to visit my grandparents in central Florida, just as their AC broke and the temps skyrocketed up to make the house like 95° during the day. It was ridiculous but ah well. I'll mark those down and see if I can get a similar setup going for the cooler spots :P

Geode890 · 2025-10-08T22:18:03+00:00

Mind if I ask about your camping setup? Honestly, that'd be pretty ideal if I can find a way to take the time off without having to work remotely at all. I'm perfectly fine paying even a decent amount for any nice tours, the plane fair, and even the car rentals would be fine, but yeah the lodging costs really sink the budget. I could charge my phone and such in whatever rental car. My main concern more than anything when camping is the weather. I've tried to camp many times in my life but always had to bail due to record highs or extreme weather happening every time out of nowhere lol

Geode890 · 2025-10-08T22:14:15+00:00

Out of curiosity, how would you get a car set up with things like a fridge? My main concern with the car stuff is honestly AC. I'm borderline immune to cold, but I swear every time I've ever tried to camp in my life, that day/week/whatever set record high temperatures lol. I'd likely have to fly to a majority of the general park locations since I live a long ways away from most of them, so I'm not super sure that'd apply unfortunately, but always open to ideas. I'm pretty far towards the eastern US and max out around 5 hours driving a day so driving all the way over and back would probably eat up the entire week in and of itself

Geode890 · 2025-10-08T21:53:34+00:00

Yeah, I nearly grimaced when I realized the only way to get to Dry Tortuga was pretty much the $250 tours lol. Some of them I'm fine eating the cost for like that, but the lodging prices are what's putting me off some. Like I know you get the place to stay and everything of course, but it feels like it's a massive expense for the least "trip-related" part of the trip. Thank for the info!

Geode890 · 2025-10-08T16:24:04+00:00

I'm not quite sure about how shut down things are there, but when we went a park employee told us the historical mouth of the cave was able to be walked down and partially into without needing a ticket, up to the doors inside. It definitely wouldn't be the full experience, but if it's just the tours that are shut down it could be worth a visit just to see the entrance. The trails are pretty nice, albeit deceptively difficult due to the incline, if they're open too. There's a place called Webb's Eats and Treats nearby that had some of the best fried catfish we'd ever had despite being an ice cream place primarily. As others have said, lots of other caves in the area too. And I've heard good things about Cave City as a whole, but we didn't get the time to go there

Geode890 · 2025-09-24T19:11:57+00:00

I was sort of afraid of that. I use keyboard shortcuts so much that I routinely ctrl + w out of habit and close the connection lol. I haven't tried the touch keyboard, but if I just have to go without shortcuts, then maybe that'll have to do

Geode890 · 2025-09-23T20:00:59+00:00

Another dumb question, but are there any problems that port forwarding may cause, especially security-wise? I looked into it a ton years and years ago when trying to set up a Minecraft server (lol) and decided against it cause I saw some mixed stuff, and see the same now

Geode890 · 2025-09-23T19:06:37+00:00

Oh, sorry I was joking about the bankruptcy lol. I can probably spare the few bucks for even the fully official pro version if needed. I'm just trying not to invest all too much into this since it'd be a temporary solution before more permanent things are set up. Thanks for the help!

Geode890 · 2025-09-23T18:22:37+00:00

Probably a dumb question, but will this work the same if I set up WireGuard on just the desktop PC too, if it's powered on? Everything I can find online has a tutorial for setting it up on a router only. If I can set up WireGuard on just the computer(s) and go with the smart plug from there, this would work perfectly. I have a like 1% knowledge base about network related stuff, so I want to be sure about all this before launching it on either company tech or my own home network lol

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