It depends on why the entry is being flagged, but if something is double entered, it would affect your refund. It would be best to return to your Schedule C and run through the details to make sure nothing is counted twice and everything is reported in full. If you are entering data already entered related to expenses, then your Schedule C income would decrease and your refund could increase. If it is related to income, then the Schedule C income could increase which could increase your Qualified Business Income (QBI) deduction. This, too, could increase your refund.The shortcut to return to Schedule C: Inside TurboTax, enter schedule c in the search box and select the Jump to link in the search results. For more information, see: I Work For a Rideshare Company, How Can I Get My Biggest Tax Refund? | The TurboTax Blog

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TLynn2

Level 2

Question

Check This Entry required for data I already entered in Schedule C for Lyft/Uber. When I enter the amounts in the "Check This Entry" screen my refund increases. Bug?

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March 27, 2021
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KathrynG3

Level 14

It depends on why the entry is being flagged, but if something is double entered, it would affect your refund.

It would be best to return to your Schedule C and run through the details to make sure nothing is counted twice and everything is reported in full.

If you are entering data already entered related to expenses, then your Schedule C income would decrease and your refund could increase.
If it is related to income, then the Schedule C income could increase which could increase your Qualified Business Income (QBI) deduction. This, too, could increase your refund.

The shortcut to return to Schedule C: Inside TurboTax, enter schedule c in the search box and select the Jump to link in the search results.

For more information, see: I Work For a Rideshare Company, How Can I Get My Biggest Tax Refund? | The TurboTax Blog

TLynn2Author

Level 2

The entry appears to have been flagged because the automatic download from Uber and Lyft didn’t get transferred to my schedule C. Although it appeared to work right after the transfer (I saw the numbers) it was blank in the schedule c. I think this is a bug in your software. Each time I tried to manually input numbers during the “check this”, the entries wouldn’t populate the schedule c but the refund kept increasing.

I am now on a work trip so haven’t had a chance to return to my taxes so I do t know if your suggested fix is working or not.

Cass0317

Level 10

I would suggest removing the Schedule C (be sure there is not more than one) and reentering. As KathrynG3 stated above, it could have possibly been entered twice. Please see the TurboTax Article below for instructions:

How do I delete a tax form in the TurboTax CD/Download software?

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