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Invoicing, Clients & Taxes for TaskRabbit Taskers
Monday it's an IKEA wardrobe, Tuesday a TV mount across town, Wednesday a moving job and two hours of yard cleanup. Tasking pays because you're good at everything — but that same variety makes the money side chaos: earnings in the app, cash tips, a repeat client who texts you directly now, miles zigzagging across the city, and a trunk full of tools you bought with post-tax money you never wrote off.
Ava Ledger turns a week of scattered tasks into one business. Platform earnings and direct work in one income record. Every mile between jobs logged by GPS. Tools and supplies categorized as deductions. Direct clients invoiced professionally, paid by card, and reminded when they forget. It's the difference between doing gigs and running a company of one.
The zigzag miles nobody counts
TaskRabbit knows where the task is, not what you drove to get there — and it's the getting-there that adds up. From the furniture build in one neighborhood to the mounting job in another, plus the hardware-store run in between: business miles, all of it, at 72.5 cents each on 2026 taxes. Ava logs them automatically, building the consolidated record multi-gig workers need (more on that on the gig workers hub).
Repeat clients are the real prize
Every Tasker eventually gets the golden question: "Can I just call you next time?" When that relationship is yours to serve directly (per the platform's rules on existing arrangements), Ava makes you look like a company — card-payable invoices in a sentence, a client list with job history, follow-up reminders, and a drafted check-in when Mrs. Chen's seasonal gutter cleaning comes due. Direct work at full rate, professionally handled.
Tools, fees, and the write-offs in your trunk
The drill, the second drill, the levels, straps, blades, and bins — plus your phone plan and work mileage — are the cost of being good at this. Ava logs each expense into a real tax category the day you buy it, so April-you inherits records instead of receipts-in-a-glovebox.
Quarterly taxes for the self-employed everything-person
Task income is 1099 income: Schedule C, 15.3% self-employment tax, and quarterly estimated payments once you'll owe $1,000+. Ava keeps the running estimate, reminds you before deadlines, and exports a filing-ready report — your preparer can even get read-only access. The full self-employed setup is on the independent contractors page; handy-trade specialists going full business should see the contractors page. One flat plan covers it all.
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Frequently asked questions
Do Taskers get a 1099 from TaskRabbit?
If you meet the reporting threshold, TaskRabbit issues a 1099-K for payments processed through the platform. Either way you're an independent contractor filing a Schedule C — and Ava tracks your true numbers year-round so the form is just confirmation.
Are miles between tasks deductible?
Generally yes — driving from one client's IKEA build to the next mounting job is business travel, and TaskRabbit doesn't log it. Ava's GPS tracking captures those miles at the 2026 IRS rate of 72.5 cents.
Can I invoice clients directly for repeat work?
For work arranged off-platform (in line with TaskRabbit's rules for new vs. existing arrangements), yes — Ava sends card-payable invoices in one sentence and tracks every payment.
Can I write off my tools?
Tools and supplies used for your task work — drills, levels, moving straps, cleaning kits — are typically deductible business expenses. Ava files each purchase into the right tax category.
How much should Taskers set aside for taxes?
A practical range is 25-30% of net earnings for income tax plus 15.3% self-employment tax. Ava keeps a live estimate from your actual numbers, plus quarterly payment reminders.