Hello, I worked a second part-time job over the summer. The employer did not make me fill-out a W-2, but they did take my social security number. When I was paid, the only thing taken out of my paycheck was social security tax and Medicare. I did not receive a 1099-misc from them - should I? If not, how should I claim these earnings on my taxes? Thanks for your help!

“Hello, I worked a second part-time job over the summer. The employer did not make me fill-out a W-2, but they did take my social security number.”======>W2 or W4??? As an EE, you need to use Form W-4 to figure the right amount of federal income tax to have withheld from your paycheck.I guess your ER issues you either W2 or 1099.It is NOT illegal to issue you a 1099.
“When I was paid, the only thing taken out of my paycheck was social security tax and Medicare. I did not receive a 1099-misc from them - should I?”=====>It depends; UNLESS you are their EE, then you need s 1099; usually, 1099s go only to contractors. Most taxpayers receive a Form W-2 at year-end, which lists the wages they were paid by an employer. If you work as a contract worker rather than an EE, you will usually receive a Form 1099-Misc. instead of a W-2.

“If not, how should I claim these earnings on my taxes?”=====>As youreceived W2 from your ER, you can’t deduct FIAC taxes withheld from your paycheck on your return. As long as your gross ic0me I slower on W2, your ER may NOT withhold your fed/state taxes. HOWEVER,as long as you have sufficient gross income but If your ER did not withhold federal income tax payments from your wages, you may still be liable, depending on your income and other factors. In some cases, you may be exempt from paying federal income tax. However, if you are not exempt, you will have to make your own arrangements to pay federal income tax. One reason your ER might not have withheld federal taxes from your wages is that you declared that you were exempt from federal income taxes on Form W-4. To be eligible to claim exempt status on wages earned domestically, you must have owed no federal income tax the previous year and expect to owe no federal income tax for the current year. Even if you do not claim exempt status, you may have claimed so many exemptions on your Form W-4 that your ER would not deduct federal income taxes from your wages. This is completely legal. Many wage earners who have more than one job pay their federal income taxes from the wages from one job and take multiple deductions on the wages from their second job. Other reasons you may take multiple deductions on your paycheck is if you have a working spouse who pays taxes for both wage earners or if you begin a full-time job late in the year. A tax refund(DUE) is a refund(DUE) on taxes when the tax liability is less(MORE) than the taxes paid. Taxpayers can often get a tax refund(DUE) on their income tax if the tax they owe is less(MORE) than the sum of the total amount of the withholding taxes and estimated taxes that they paid, plus the refundable tax credits that they claim.Check with your ER or HR dept why they diidn’t withhold your fed tax.