Gig worker tax guides

Guides and small calculators for 1099 workers, all for the 2026 tax year. Each calculator answers one question; the annual estimator does the whole year, and what you type carries over between them.

Calculators for one question

• 2026 mileage deduction calculator. What your business miles are worth with the two 2026 rates.
• How much should I set aside for 1099 taxes?. Type in a payout and see the share to keep for tax, worked out from your year.
• Uber driver quarterly tax calculator. The payment for each quarter and the 2026 due dates.
• DoorDash 1099 tax estimator. Start from the amount on your 1099.

By job

• DoorDash tax calculator. Earnings and miles, plus the deductions dashers claim.
• Uber driver tax calculator. Earnings and miles, and why mileage matters most.
• Instacart shopper tax calculator. For full-service shoppers paid on a 1099.
• Lyft driver tax calculator. Earnings and miles, and what the Annual Summary and 1099-K show.
• Amazon Flex tax calculator. Blocks, miles and setting aside from each payout.
• Grubhub driver tax calculator. Earnings, miles and tips.
• Spark driver tax calculator. Walmart deliveries, and why your own mileage log matters.
• Uber Eats tax calculator. By car or by bike, and what the Uber tax summary shows.
• Freelancer tax calculator. Income, home office and equipment.

Guides

• 1099 tax guide. The two taxes, brackets, quarterly payments and filing for 2026.
• Self-employment tax deductions. Mileage, home office, health insurance and retirement, with the 2026 figures.
• How to file 1099 taxes for the first time. The forms, Schedule C and SE, and the April 2027 deadline, step by step.
• Schedule C and SE, filled in for a delivery driver. One driver's forms, miles and phone, line by line to the tax.
• 1099-K and 1099-NEC: reporting gig income once. Which form you get, the fees inside a 1099-K, and no double counting.
• A 1099 side gig with a W-2 job. Why side income is taxed at your top rate, and covering it through your W-4.
• The estimated tax penalty and the safe harbor. When the penalty applies, how it is worked out, and the 90/100/110% rules.
• Standard mileage rate or actual car expenses?. Two worked comparisons, and the first-year rule that locks in your choice.

How every figure is worked out is on the methodology page.