If it looks extremely questionable, like you’re a life coach in Alabama and made 380k, it’ll raise a lot of flags.

• Do you have a paper trail?
• who pays for life coaching in cash? And 100% of customers?
• Life coaching in Alabama and you made that much? " Is there also some business presence like a website?

There’s more things to consider. I say that as a person who has to set up my own company to protect myself when I got freelance clients, and complicated the hell out of my taxes.