I’m glad you found us too buddy. Most of the work at home companies treat you like an independent contractor which means you’re responsible for reporting your earnings. If you earn $600 or above a legitimate company will ask that you fill out a w9. Then at the end of the year you’ll receive a 1099 with your earnings which will also be submitted by the company you worked for to the Feds. It’s your responsibility to report those earnings in your tax return. Whatever is left after taking into consideration deductions such as your internet bill, home office supplies and whatever else a good accountant will identify is what’s taxed. It sounds very scary at first and it was for me since I worked with so many companies. I didn’t have a good accountant at the time so I ended up with one of those BIG SURPRISES from Uncle Sam. But it was a lesson learned.

Hope this helps.

I’ve covered this in another post about how surveys work in terms of the number of them you get on the following page:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/2007/10/25/is-mindfieldonlinecom-another-paid-survey-scam/#comment-5979

The problem with sites like SurveyScout.com is that they mislead you into thinking you’re just going to get hundreds of surveys regularly which is bull. So they’re more guilty for deceptive marketing than they are of being a scam. When you pay them you do get the information they promised. But they’ve exaggerated how much you’ll really make and how many surveys you get. And to some that may be viewed as scam. So I guess it’s in the eye of the beholder.