DawnC
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A 1099-NEC is self-employment - it is EARNED income.   You can deduct self-employment expenses on Schedule C, which is where the self-employment income from 1099-nec will go.   Was that the child's only income?    

 

There is self-employment tax imposed on self employment net income.   

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