JosephS1
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It would not be advisable to not enter the 1099's on your return.  Without entry and inclusion the IRS would in all probability send out a notice requesting an explanation.

 

Without knowing what your insurance coverage is, I am going to make a couple of assumptions here and make a suggestion.  The first is that the receipt of the 1099-MISC may be for reimbursement of medical expenses.  If that is the case you should consider making a negative entry in other income to preclude the possibility of it coming back on to you as taxable income.

 

Similar for the 1099-NEC as possible for lost wages that may have been reimbursed.

 

To enter these items, the following steps may be of assistance if I am on the right path.  The steps are for TurboTax online but are very similar in TurboTax desktop but not exactly the same.

 

  1. On the left side of your screen in the Federal section click on Wages & income.
  2. Scroll down to "Other Common Income" and click on "Show More"
  3. Click on 1099-MISC and enter the information from the 1099.
  4. Answer the questions that follow.  I suggest "Reimbursement" for the reason for the 1099.
  5. Once that is entered, and you are back to the income summary page, scroll down to the bottom area captioned "Less common income" and click on "Show More", then click on the bottom link for Miscellaneous income.
  6. Click at the bottom for "Other reportable income"
  7. Enter as a reimbursement with a negative amount equal to what you entered above in the "Other Common Income" area.  This will negate the showing of the 1099-MISC as income on your return.

 

The steps are the same for the 1099-NEC but instead of other common income, enter as a negative at the link for "Income from Form 1099-NEC"  In this case you do not have to enter anything as a positive.

 

I believe the above will assist you in entering the above forms but if not please request additional assistance.

 

@LHA919 

 

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