How do I file for a 1099

[rjs]

What kind of 1099 do you have? There are over 20 different kinds. There is no plain Form 1099. All 1099 forms have one or more letters after the 1099. The most common are 1099-INT, 1099-DIV, 1099-B, 1099-NEC, 1099-R, and 1099-G.

[VolvoGirl]

Why did you get the 1099?  Did you get it for working instead of a W2?  

[user17581260525]

To be honest I'm not sure this will be the first year I need to claim it.I accepted a job as a contracted peer support Worker.Does that help the question any

[rjs]

You didn't say what kind of 1099 you have. Saying that you were a "contracted" worker suggests that it is a 1099-NEC. Is that what you have? If so, you were a self-employed contractor, not an employee. (Or at least that's how you were treated by whoever you worked for.) You have to report the income as business income. It will be on a Schedule C included in your tax return.

[user17581260525]

This is the first time I will be doing this but sounds about right.i don't pay taxes because I'm on SSDI so how does that work 

[VolvoGirl]

You will owe tax on the 1099NEC.  And it may make some of your SSDI taxable too.  You file the 1099NEC as self employment income.

You need to fill out schedule C for self employment business income and pay self employment tax in addition to regular income tax on it.  The SE tax is to pay Social Security and Medicare tax that wasn't taken out like on a W2.

You use your own name and ssn or business name and EIN if you have one.   You should say you use the Cash Accounting Method and all  income is at risk.  After you put in your income and expenses  if your net profit is $400 or more you will pay 15.3% for Self Employment tax in addition to your regular income tax.  The Schedule SE will be automatically filled out for it.

You can enter Self Employment Income into Online Deluxe but if you have any expenses you will have to upgrade to the Premium version.  Or use any of the Desktop installed programs.  All the Desktop programs have the same forms.  You just get more help and guidance in the higher versions.

How to enter income from Self Employment

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

[user17581260525]

Thank you so much. I appreciate all your input.