The Unofficial SMART Scholarship Forum

Two weeks ago I received a "tentative offer" from HR - it was from a USAstaffing email address. I had to log in to a system and accept the tentative offer and also provide some information. Prior to that, I had several emails back and forth with other people at my SF. If you haven't received anythin...

Hi all, Wasn't sure which tax-related thread to add to, so I'm making a new one just for this information. I ran into an issue filing my taxes via Turbo Tax this year and paid the extra $80 for the "live consultant" to help me out. She was extremely helpful and I do recommend the service, but I figu...

So as non-employee comp, we can write off anything associate with school? I mean, yeah if I have to claim I'm self employed, my job is school. In which case i would think supplies, food, housing, transportation should all be my buisness expenses. If I weren't 'working' as a student I wouldn't have ...

I'm not exactly certain how people did it before, but the statement from SMART is: "You are considered an independent contractor, and not self-employed, and are not employed by either the United States Government or ASEE." According to IRS, "The earnings of a person who is working as an independent...