I always have some income on my brokerage statements which falls into the 1099-MISC category. In the past I remember this info being imported into Turbotax with the rest of my info, and I don't remember it leading to any follow up questions from the software; however, this year turbotax is telling me all 1099-MISC info "needs review" - I checked the info and it all looks fine. The real reason Turbotax seems to be telling me that is because it wants me to fill out a whole slew of interview questions about the MISC income. Many of these questions I am not even sure how to answer. "Describe the reason for this 1099-MISC" Do I just write investment income? It's asking me how often I got income from these sources and giving me a last of past years, and I'm not entirely sure how to answer this because on my brokerage statement all of this income is simply aggregated into one total sum. It's possible there are some funds from which I received the income in past years, and others not. Does this really matter? It's also asking me if the payments involve an intent to earn money. How am I supposed to answer that? I guess yes, since it's investment, but I don't really know what the purpose of the question is. Are these questions there because of some new requirement of the IRS? Is it necessary to answer these questions, and will it cause any problems if I simply skip them?
