I’m not sure who your female source is, but based on his twitter ProModelWorld spends his days fucking with people and I wouldn’t find him, nor anyone he refers, to be at all credible.

Another thing is that 2257 documentation doesn’t need to be filled out or signed by performers nor replicated at every shoot. If you were told I filled out a 2257 one time but not another, that’s fine if none of the information has changed. As long as you have copy of identification and have asked the talent for any names they’ve gone by, you can fill out 2257’s without the talent even knowing you’re doing it. Legally speaking, you could have talent fill out no paperwork, have a video taped release, that includes them disclosing all stage names or legal names they’ve ever used holding their Legible ID, and then create the required 2257 documentation on your own from this video. I wouldn’t recommend this but I believe it would clearly satisfy the 2257 requirements.

Another situation is that many girls are so used to filling out paperwork and showing their ID, that they don’t remember doing it. Have seen numerous girls ask to sign the paperwork and provide their ID at the end of a shoot, when they had already done so at the beginning.

I’m guessing you never actually got to speak with Vicky because you’d never have printed the second story. It’s really too bad.

You said, “We contact Clips4Sale to discuss the illegal content she’s promoting on their platform but have yet to hear back from them.” Of course Clips4Sale isn’t going to contact you back to discuss this; it’s not your business. What they do, as they should, and you should too, is investigate claims like this before making any determination. And they will investigate and request paperwork when needed. They will not update the person making the accusations with the results. They will make sure their producers are legal or remove them. That’s it. If her stuff is still up a few days after making a complaint, you should assume it’s legal.

You are helping a person who has also targeted, harassed, and tried to extort other people in the industry. Congratulations.

You are also required to pay 15.3% FICA/Medicare tax on most or all of your performing 1099 income (this is NOT the case with investment income). The 2019 FICA cap is $132,900 in earned income (salary, 1099 performer, W-2 performer) which makes the maximum payable in 2019 $16,479.60. There is no cap on Medicare income, you could make a billion dollars a year 1099 income and would have to pay 2.90% of every last dime. You pay half of that on W-2 income (the employer pays the other half), the percentage is 7.65% for that work up to the cap then 1.45% of any earnings (NOT investment income) over that amount. Get a qualified accountant and use his (or her) services. Unless you have a BBA majoring in accounting or better and have kept up on the law (not likely unless you teach accountancy and taxation or work as an accountant preparing tax returns each year regularly) you should not be preparing your own tax returns working in this industry. You will fuck it up, guaranteed!

Also, you have to pay your 1099 taxes quarterly, NOT YEARLY. Your accountant can get you the proper form and instructions to file and pay up. Usually you divide 110% of your prior year’s tax liability by four and pay that amount each quarter but that doesn’t always work (your 1099 income could sharply increase or decrease, making this method not work for you). This subject is too complicated to get into here but your accountant can explain it to you in as much detail as necessary. I don’t know if any banks still take IRS quarterly payments, I used to pay at a bank near me but nowadays I can do it all electronically and have it taken directly from my checking account. Your accountant should print off coupons for this purpose when you file your income tax return with any 1099 income on it.