Entered 1099-NEC, but didn't result in SE form

Delete your Schedule C and start over. Enter the 1099 on the Schedule C directly.

 

Here's the general procedure for viewing the forms list and deleting unwanted forms, schedules, and worksheets in TurboTax Online:

• Open or continue your return in TurboTax.
• In the left menu, select Tax Tools and then Tools.
• In the pop-up window Tool Center, choose Delete a form.
• Select Delete next to the form/schedule/worksheet in the list and follow the instructions.

 

To set up your business:

1. Open or continue your return.
2. Search for schedule c and click the Jump to link in the search results.
3. Answer Yes to Did you have any self-employment income or expenses?
   • If you've already entered self-employment work and need to enter more, select Add another line of work.
4. Follow the onscreen instructions.

Thank you for this answer.  But, I'm wondering why would TurboTax allow me to enter her 1099-NEC that way?  It didn't even warn me that it was not the correct way to enter it - it just went along and would have let her continue and file her return incorrectly, leaving her vulnerable to an audit.   I suspect tens of thousands of self-employed individuals have done the same thing, and will be audited.  Am I seeing something wrong? 

There are three possible places to enter a 1099-MISC/1099-NEC in the TTX program. Where you enter it, depends on what box the income is reported in. With a 1099-NEC there's no doubt in your case, it's self-employment income. So it gets entered on SCH C. There are exceptions where the 1099-NEC could be for other than SE income though.