DaveF1006
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Get your taxes done using TurboTax

Here is the best way to report this in your return as this reward is ordinary income to you. 

 

  1. Log into your account
  2. Select Wages and income
  3. Less Common income
  4. Miscellaneous Income, 1099-A, 1099>start
  5. Scroll to the bottom of the page to Other Reportable Income
  6. Other taxable income, answer yes
  7. Then give a brief description of the income and the amount listed. Here you can list this as a Coinbase Reward and then the amount. This will appear in line 8Z of Schedule 1 and will be part of a total in Line 8 on your 1040.

 

 

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