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DoorDash taxes for Dashers: your 1099-NEC, tips email, and 2026 return

By Jin JeongUpdated Checked against IRS 2026 figures

DoorDash treats Dashers as independent contractors, withholds nothing, and reports your earnings on a Form 1099-NEC that you open inside the Dasher app (Earnings, then View payout details, then Tax documents). For 2026 payments the federal threshold for that form is $2,000, not $600, but every dollar is taxable whether or not a form arrives. Tips and mileage reach you in separate emails, so your return needs three documents, not one.

GigTaxHQ is not affiliated with DoorDash. This page describes DoorDash's published process as we read it on its help center and on Stripe's support site, and it points out where those pages disagree with each other or stop short of an answer. To see what your own numbers produce, start with the 1099 gig tax calculator.

What DoorDash gives you, and when

The table below is drawn from DoorDash's Dasher tax guide. That guide was written for the 2025 tax year, so treat the dates as the pattern to expect in January 2027 rather than a promise.

DocumentHow you get itWhat to know
Form 1099-NECIn the Dasher app under Earnings, View payout details, Tax documents; pick the year, then share or save the PDFAvailable in the app by January 31. Year choices start at 2024. Issued only at or above the threshold.
Paper 1099-NECMailed if you opted out of e-delivery (the 2025 cut-off was January 10, 2026)Postmarked by January 31. You can still pull a digital copy through Support after that date, but not request a second paper one.
Tips informationEmailed by DoorDash by January 31Reported separately from the 1099 for US Dashers, to support the tips deduction.
Mileage estimateEmailed by January 31Sent to Dashers who drove by car and had on-delivery mileage. It is an estimate, not your mileage record.
Monthly earnings statementsDasher appThe easiest way to rebuild totals if no 1099 arrives.

Older years are different. Stripe's guide says Dasher forms for 2023 and earlier lived in Stripe Express, and that tax forms from 2024 onward are in the Dasher app, with nothing for 2025 in Stripe Express. If you open a Stripe Express account looking for a current form, you are in the wrong place.

The 2026 threshold: $600 or $2,000?

DoorDash's own guide says a 1099-NEC goes to Dashers who earn $600 or more. Stripe's guide for DoorDash lists $600 for 2025 and $2,000 for 2026. The IRS instructions explain why: the minimum for Form 1099-NEC rose to $2,000 for tax years beginning after 2025. We could not find a DoorDash page that says it is applying the new figure, so the $2,000 comes from Stripe's page and the IRS, not from DoorDash. Our 1099 thresholds guide walks through the rule. For a full-time Dasher this is a footnote, since you pass $2,000 in a few weeks.

Why your totals will not match, and what to do about it

Three statements in DoorDash's guide explain most mismatches:

  1. It counts by deposit date. DoorDash says earnings on the form follow the date money was deposited, not the date you finished the dash. A late-December dash paid in early January belongs to the next form. Most self-employed drivers use the cash method, where income counts in the year you receive it (see Publication 334), so the form's logic usually lines up with yours. Just do not rebuild your total from a delivery history sorted by dash date.
  2. Reimbursements are not on it. The guide says reimbursements, for example for cash you paid out on an order, are excluded because they are not taxable. They also should not become an expense on your return. If you were repaid, there is nothing to deduct.
  3. It does not split the total. The page we read does not say how base pay, pay boosts, challenges, or tips are broken out. If you need to know whether tips sit inside the box 1 total, check the form and the tips email together.

A practical reconciliation: add the twelve monthly statements, add or subtract anything paid across the year boundary, and compare with the form. Write the difference down. If it is more than a few dollars, contact DoorDash Support before you file.

A Dasher's year in numbers

This example comes from the engine behind the calculators. A single Dasher with no other job has $47,500 of 1099 income, of which $12,800 is tips, drives 9,200 business miles from January to June and 9,800 from July to December, and spends $950 on a phone mount, hot bags and other supplies.

The mileage removes $14,118 of a $47,500 year from taxable profit. The tips deduction only works if the tips are on an information return, and it does not reduce self-employment tax.

Dasher-specific records and deductions

If your form is missing or wrong

  1. Confirm you were over the threshold for the year and that you are looking at the right year in the app.
  2. For a wrong name, TIN, or a move to a different state after January 31, contact DoorDash Support. Same-state address changes are not reflected on tax forms; update the address in the app instead.
  3. If your Dasher account was deactivated, you may still be able to get forms by contacting DoorDash Support with the email tied to the account (Stripe's guide).
  4. Report the income anyway. Use the monthly statements and note why no form was available.

A note on where this site's author is coming from

The author of GigTaxHQ drove for DoorDash full time in Vancouver, Canada from 2019 to 2026, which means Canadian slips and the CRA, not the IRS. That experience is why we include a Canada guide, but it is not US filing experience, and this page is built from DoorDash's and the IRS's published rules.

Next steps: set up your quarterly payments, and keep the tax calendar handy. General information for tax year 2026, not tax advice.

If you also take orders on Uber Eats or Grubhub, our Uber Eats tax guide and Grubhub driver tax guide show how those apps report pay, and drivers who add rideshare can compare the Uber driver tax guide and Lyft driver tax guide. Your state adds its own rules on top: the California guide and Texas guide sit at opposite ends of the range.

Frequently asked questions

Does DoorDash withhold any tax from my pay?

No. DoorDash's Dasher tax guide states that it does not withhold taxes. You are responsible for income tax and self-employment tax, usually through quarterly estimated payments.

Where is my 1099 if I started Dashing before 2024?

DoorDash's guide lets you pick 2024 or later in the Dasher app. Stripe's guide says forms for 2023 and earlier were handled in Stripe Express (only if you opted in to e-delivery and met that year's threshold) and that 2025 forms are not in Stripe Express. For an older year, check Stripe Express first and then DoorDash Support.

I earned less than the threshold. Do I still report DoorDash income?

Yes. A missing form never makes income tax-free. DoorDash says it only issues a 1099-NEC at or above the threshold, so a light Dasher may have to build the total from the monthly earnings statements in the app.

My 1099-NEC is bigger than my bank deposits. Is it wrong?

Not necessarily. The form reports what you earned as a contractor, and your bank may show what remained after anything DoorDash netted or after timing differences. Compare the form with the monthly earnings statements for each month first, then ask DoorDash Support about any gap you cannot explain.

Can I claim the tips deduction on DoorDash tips?

Dashers fall under the delivery occupation (TTOC 804) on the IRS list, and the tips must be separately reported to you on an information return for 2026. DoorDash told Dashers it would email tip totals separately for 2025 returns; the 2026 format was not published on the pages we read, so check the boxes on your 2026 forms when they arrive.

Who fixes a wrong name or Social Security number on my 1099?

DoorDash Support. Stripe's guide says edits are locked for Dashers in Stripe Express and corrections go through DoorDash. DoorDash's guide says name or TIN corrections after January 31 also go through Support.

Is this guide for Dashers in Canada?

No. This guide covers US federal tax. For Canadian Dashers see our Canada section, which covers T4A slips, CPP on both halves, and CRA instalments.

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