us-creator-tax SKILL.md skillA

us-creator-tax from ronitgupta43-ops/country-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add ronitgupta43-ops/country-skills/us-creator-tax@git:20261101.891a563

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SKILL.md skill
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ronitgupta43-ops/country-skills
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plugins/us-finance/skills/us-creator-tax/SKILL.md
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git:20261101.891a563, committed Nov 1, 2026
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MIT

Tax for US content creators and influencers - 1099-NEC/1099-K thresholds for 2026, gifted products, self-employment tax, Schedule C deductions and quarterly estimated taxes. Use when a US creator asks "do I pay tax on free products", "I didn't get a 1099", "how much should I save for taxes", "quarterly taxes", or "what can I write off".

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Tax for creators in the US (2026)

## Income
Brand deals, ad revenue (YouTube AdSense, TikTok), affiliate commissions, memberships/subscriptions, tips, merch, and products or trips received in exchange for content at fair market value. Report on Schedule C. All of it is taxable whether or not a 1099 arrives.

## 1099 forms in 2026
- 1099-NEC from brands/agencies only if they paid you $2,000+ in the year (was $600).
- 1099-K from payment platforms only above $20,000 and 200 transactions.
- No form doesn't mean no tax.
- Brands will ask for a W-9; consider an EIN instead of your SSN.

## Self-employment tax
15.3% (12.4% Social Security + 2.9% Medicare) on 92.35% of net self-employment earnings once net earnings reach $400; the Social Security part stops at the annual wage base. Half of it is deductible. Plus regular income tax: use us-income-tax for the bracket calculation.

## Quarterly estimated taxes
Required if you'll owe $1,000+ for the year. Due mid-April, June, September and January (Form 1040-ES). Safe harbor: pay 100% of last year's tax (110% if AGI was over $150,000) to avoid penalties. Rule of thumb: set aside 25 to 30% of every payment.
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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add ronitgupta43-ops/country-skills/us-creator-tax@sha256:2e228b43dd4e0656

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  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
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  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
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Source

GitHub

ronitgupta43-ops/country-skills · 6 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ofddrlp6ey3weufq
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ronitgupta43-ops/country-skills/us-creator-tax
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/2e228b43dd4e065659bf129663c2ee299abfc4bbed839600ca9ce7f401826df8

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