My husband has side income and paid our teenage son last year to do administrative work for his business. How do I report that we paid our son, a minor?

[DoninGA]

You enter the amount paid to your son as an expense in the Contract Labor of the Self-Employment section of the TurboTax program.

See this TurboTax support FAQ for entering self-employment expenses - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/enter-self-empl...

[xmasbaby0]

And....if your son was paid in cash or was provided with a 1099NEC, he has self-employment income.  If he earned at least $400 of self-employment income, your son needs to file a tax return of his own and pay self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare.   If he received a W-2, then he needs to file if his earnings exceeded the standard deduction amount for his filing status or if tax was withheld and he wants to seek a refund.  On his return, he must say that he can be claimed as someone else's dependent.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/self-employed/help/how-do-i-report-income-from-self-employment/00/...

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/self-employed/help/what-is-the-self-employment-tax/00/25922

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