I am a long-time user of Turbo Tax Deluxe. During 2024, my daughter worked as an independent contractor for her old employer and received a 1099-NEC instead of a W2. She has accumulated expenses such as travel and office supplies in order to do her job from home. I can find a partially filled Schedule C in the forms section, but am I to fill in the blanks rather than use the "EasyStep" interview process? Is there no help for determining whether she is a Section 199A business or eligible for the QBI passthrough? Should I be using a different version of Turbo Tax? Thank you for your answers.
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As you complete the return and enter your the information about your business and your income and expenses, TurboTax will calculate if you qualify for the QBI deduction and how much. It'll only ask for additional information if needed.
Regarding what TurboTax version you need, you can check the link below to see what version is best for your daughter's situation:
If you are using the Desktop program which it sounds like if you have the Forms mode. Then you can use any version. All the Desktop programs have all the same forms, you just get more help in the higher versions. If you are using the Online web version you can enter self employment income into Deluxe but if you have any expenses you need to upgrade to Premium.
Yes if she qualifies for the QBI Turbo Tax will automatically give it to her.
Thank you for your answer. I am using the desktop version of Deluxe. I guess next year I will have to upgrade to Premium if it will simplify the entering of business expenses. I see no way to do that using Deluxe except to enter into the forms manually.
I am having one issue which you may be able to help me with. On Form 8829, the is something called the Simplified Method Smart Worksheet which helps calculate the deduction for home office space. I can populate boxes B, C and D, but in order get box G to calculate anything other than zero (the deduction), I need to populate box A. However, the program won't let me type anything in box A, which makes me think it must be filled in automatically by TurboTax. Didn't there used to be a way to trace where the info comes from elsewhere in the program? In this case, box A is Gross Income Limitation. Thank you
Premium is only an Online version. You have everything in your Desktop Deluxe. If you want the Desktop program for more help to enter expenses you would need to buy the Home & Business program.
Can you find expenses in Desktop Deluxe here?
Go to Federal Taxes Tab
Wages and Income,
Choose I'll choose what I work on
Then scroll way down to Business Items
Then…..
Business Income and Expenses - Click the Start or Update button
Then click EDIT by the business name and the next screen should be a list of topics,
Business Profile, Income, Inventory/Cost of Goods Sold, Expenses, Assets, and Final Details last.
Under Business Expenses, Click Start or Update by Other common business expenses
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