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Agency Based Discussion => Bigstock.com => Topic started by: EmberMike on March 26, 2016, 16:47

Title: Does Bigstock still exist (for tax purposes)?
Post by: EmberMike on March 26, 2016, 16:47

I'm just getting around to doing my taxes this week, and I noticed on my 1099s that both the SS and Bigstock 1099s say that they are from "Shutterstock, Inc." Bigstock forms used to come from SS SPV LLC.

Has Bigstock been fully rolled into Shutterstock, at least in terms of tax purposes and income reporting? Based on these 1099s I'm just going to report all of the combined income as coming from Shutterstock. Seems like I have to, there is no 1099 from Bigstock or SS SPV LLC.

Title: Re: Does Bigstock still exist (for tax purposes)?
Post by: dbvirago on March 26, 2016, 16:56

That's been the case for a couple of years.

Title: Re: Does Bigstock still exist (for tax purposes)?
Post by: PixelBytes on March 26, 2016, 22:48

I used to get the SS SPV ones too.  This year I got two separate 1099s from SS, but one had my BigStock income and the other showed my SS income.

Title: Re: Does Bigstock still exist (for tax purposes)?
Post by: EmberMike on March 28, 2016, 10:59

Quote from: dbvirago on March 26, 2016, 16:56

That's been the case for a couple of years.

Not for me. My 1099 for 2014 Bigstock earnings came from SS SPV LLC. 2015 is the first year I've seen Bigstock earnings reported as coming from Shutterstock, Inc.

Have you been seeing your Bigstock earnings coming from Shutterstock Inc in previous years?