Yes, you can and should stop filing your Schedule C if you have no self-employment income or expenses.
There is no other option, you aren't supposed to file unless you are actively trying to earn self-employment income and have income and/ or expenses.
Stopping your Schedule C filing will slightly reduce your audit risk, and definitely will not "trigger" an audit.
This is how to remove your Schedule C and related forms from your return in TurboTax:
- Open your return and scroll down to Tax Tools on the bottom of the left side menu.
- Select Tools.
- Click on Delete a form (third on the list at the bottom of the screen).
- Find Form Schedule C on the list of forms.
- Click Delete to the right.
- Confirm your Delete.
- Click Continue in the lower right.
- Click Continue with my return.
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