@Payceasar222 when you have cash income it is generally for work as a self-employed and below are the things one is supposed to do as such:
(a) In TurboTax you tell that you have self-employed incme. This would mean you will be filling out ( with TurboTax doing all the work ) Schedule-C where you would show your gross income and also all your allowable /necessary/usual expenses. You are then taxed on your net income
(b) Even though as a wage earner , you may not have to file if your income is below your standard deduction ( since personal exemptions are zero till 2025 ) which is approx 12,000 fro single and 24,000 for married filing joint, but in case of self-employed you need to file because you have to pay Social Security & Medicare taxes ( 15.3 % of the net income from self-employment ). So TurboTax will help you fill out Schedule -SE. There is no interest or penalty on not having paid this for the last two years.
Therefore I suggest that you prepare the returns for 2017 and 2018 and 2019 as soon as you can. You will have to paperfile ( file by mail ) and also TurboTax on-line is definitely not available for 2017 and 2018 while 2019 is available only for a couple weeks more ( I think). Another option for you is to go to the IRS website and download the forms for the years 2017,2018 and 2019 ( these are all fillable PDF ) and you can fill these out on your computer, print, sign, date attach the amounts due ( each with your SSN and tax year shown ) and mail these in. These should get you back in compliance and more than that will allow the IRS to send you/ direct deposit your economic stimulus check (s) including those for your children ( if you are eligible ).
Please do not ignore this.
Perhaps in future you can also use the help of AARP and other TaxAide services that help you file electronically at no charge.
Good Luck
Is there more I can do for you ?
