My Earnings This Month

I made a tax box last night and went over all my earnings for this month.  So far, in ten days, from my bed and couch, I made about eighty dollars.  That's with working the sites I have listed.  And that was only half a month.  Not bad for not moving from the bed and couch. 

Adpaid paid me today.  I don't really recommend them that much because they were slow to credit me for the surveys, but once they did credit me, I got the money fast.  They are good as an extra, but I try to concentrate on sites that credit and pay fast. 

So far, my fastest crediting and paying site is Cashle  They credit me sometimes within minutes of my finishing a survey.  The second best is QuickRewards  They credit me within two days.  And I still recommend DollarSurveys  They take a week to pay you, but you will see it.

Opinion Outpost does credit immediately when you finish a survey, but you can't cashout unless you have five dollars.  And they give you so few surveys that it's hard to qualify to get that five dollars.

Sites I don't recommend are Toluna and OnlyCashSurveys.  Toluna will take you like six months to see twenty dollars.  They are a huge waste of time.  Their point limit is insane.  And OnlyCashSurveys, they haven't bothered to credit me for the surveys I did in over ten days.  I don't know if they ever will.  I'd stay away from them.  The whole point is to use sites that credit and pay quickly, so you make your money fast.  Waiting six months just to see twenty dollars is bad, not worth it, and a waste of time.

So, stick with the fast paying sites and have fun making that money!   

Taxes and Paid Surveys

Do you have to pay taxes on survey earnings?  That depends on where you live.  In the US, there is a law that once you have made six hundred dollars on a survey site, that site must send you a tax form.  And then you do have to file.  The smartest thing to do is to keep a good record of your earnings.  Don't spend all your earnings if you plan on making alot in case you do have to pay something on it.  Keep receipts of anything you might be able to take off on your taxes.  You might be able to take off your phone/internet bill, since you use it to do the surveys.  Computer repairs, car gas to buy computer supplies, any office type supplies like paper, pens.  Computer supplies like backup discs. 

If you do get hit with a tax form, make an appointment with a local accountant and make sure you have all this stuff to show. 

There are some advantages to filing taxes on the earnings.  In some states, if you get a rent rebate, they will give you more if you show you made some money.  Earnings also count toward your Social Security, since you are showing that you worked, even self employed. 

If you are going into doing paid surveys as a self employed home business, which you really can do, you can even get a tax ID and self incorporate, have your own little home company name.  It really just depends on what you want to do.  There can be fees for incorporating, so you might want to wait till you have earned enough.  Just remember to document everything you're doing.

Making Money From My Bed

Today, I made $6.50 just doing two surveys from my bed for Opinion Outpost.  I also made a few dollars off QuickRewards, but they take a few days to credit on some stuff.  It really pays to do these surveys.

Yesterday, a friend and I went to Arby's and got free roast beef sandwiches because we had coupons, just from signing up at the Arby's website.  So that pays, too.  Anything you enjoy, go to the websites and signup because eventually they will give you coupons for stuff.  Things you've never even thought of signing up for, like your toilet paper brand or shampoo, the companies give coupons.