If your wife was self-employed as a nanny, then you would just need to file a Schedule C and enter her income and expenses. If she was self-employed then you should be tracking her income and expenses and would use your records to enter the information needed. To do this once logged into your return click the following
- Tax Home
- Federal
- Wages and Income
- Scroll down and click Add More income
- See list of all income
- Click Show More next to Self-Employment
- Start next to Self-Employment
- As you walk through the entries you will be prompted to upgrade depending on your entries either while entering income or when it asks you to enter your expenses.
If she is going to continue to be a self-employed nanny, it would be a good idea to use something like Quickbooks Self-Employed to track her income and expenses. There is a mobile app available and it will even track mileage, allowing her to select what trips are business and what trips are personal or commuting miles.
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