Did your wife receive a tax form for this income, like a 1099-MISC or 1099-NEC? If not, the best place to enter your wife's income is as Hobby income:
- Select Start/Revisit in Federal > Wages & Income > Less Common Income > Miscellaneous Income, 1099-A, 1099-C
- Select Start/Revisit next to Hobby income and expenses
- Enter your wife's total income here. Please note that expenses entered here will not reduce the hobby income.
I'm not sure which section you were in that prompted the follow-up questions, but when entered this way, the income should appear on Line 8i of your Schedule 1. You can preview your tax return:
- Open or continue your return.
- Select Tax Tools in the left menu (if you don't see this, select the menu icon in the upper-left corner).
- With the Tax Tools menu open, you can then view your 1040 form: Select Tools. Next, select View Tax Summary in the pop-up, then Preview my 1040 in the left menu
- Scroll down until you see Line 8i of Schedule 1, Activity not engaged in for profit income.
