You asked How do you verify selfemployment for a job background check as a new Uberor Lyft driver driving less than 4 months and with no 1099 filedA 1099MISC is a once yearly occurrance.If youu2019ve been working more than 3 months as an independent contractor itu2019simpossible that you did not u2023 or at least you should have u2023 paid estimatedtaxes on a quarterly basis.Given quarter boundaries on average someone who starts at some random datewill have a 50 chance of needing to file within 1.5 months.So if you are going on 4 months you should have your tax documents which youcan use as proof of employment as an independent contractor.Another circumstantial indicator would be your deposit history. Typically speaking any time Iu2019ve worked as a contractor Iu2019ve scanned a copyof the checks that were used to pay me for my work. This protects me in thecase that the employer fails to provide a 1099MISC because they consider thepayments u201cunder the tableu201d while I consider them taxable income.If the IRS comes after me later looking for a 1099MISC that I canu2019t givethem I have the scanned records instead. Itu2019s fairly rare the IRS will comeafter you claiming you have unreported income u2026but in California the StateFranchise Tax Board has it down to an art form in the same way de Sade hadtorture down. Keep your paperwork in order I suspect that Uber or Lyft would be willing to make available a history ofpayments to you that you could print out or that they could print out andsend if itu2019s not already a u201cdashboardu201d option.