I'm a live-in provider and had this same issue: no W2 or 1099 so no EIN but I have pay stubs with a YTD net pay. I asked a TT live agent where to include these wages and stumped both the agent and their lead supervising agent. Both told me that IHSS should be providing a 1099 (note to self: call the office when they open again to request one. No idea if they will comply). Soooo without either of these forms, what can a person do? I want to e-file so using form 4852 to create a substitute W2 is out of the question. I read the suggestion by @Coleen3 to skip the Wages & Income section altogether by entering the wages under Misc Income, specifically "Other Reportable Income" then offsetting the amount on an additional Misc Income entry. That might work with a W2 or 1099, but many of us live-in providers don't receive either of those. The logical conclusion in that situation seems to be to enter the wages under Misc Income as suggested but specifically under "Other income not already reported on a Form W-2 or Form 1099". The IRS recognizes this section as income reported by household employees, taxable disability earners, and other wage earners who don't receive either of these forms. Filing the wages is optional for IHSS workers, but who wouldn't want to claim the wages for the added EIC?? No entry is put on the next couple of screens. Continue through the prompts under the "Employee Compensation Not Reported on a W-2" section. There is a place to record the wages here, and you will follow the same steps suggested by @Coleen3 to make 2 entries: one as "Medicaid Waiver Payments" for the employer name showing the amount of your wages, then another income entry when done with that as "IRS Notice 2014-7 excludable income" as the employer name showing your wages as a negative dollar amount. For employer's tax ID number, there's an option to use the IHSS recipient's social security # so I did on both entries. You will be required to choose a "reason code" at the bottom. The choice that made the most sense for my situation was option C, and I used the date that I signed the IRS I-9 form with IHSS (showing my legal right to work as an employee for this recipient) as the "determination date". Glad to be done with this now. Hope this helps someone else.
