I've tried this several ways (including restarting the entire return).
I go to the "Personal" Tab -> Personal Income -> Other Common Income -> Income from Form 1099-MISC -> "Start", then enter the 1099-MISC info as shown. The next screen TurboTax displays is "Your Business Status: The IRS considers the money you earned self-employment income, which is taxable.... Because you have not created any Schedule C on your tax return yet, we'll start one now." The only buttons on this screen are back/continue. The next TurboTax screen that comes up after Continue is "Self-Employed Income: Select the business that generated this income of $..." It will not let me skip this screen and forces me to select/enter a business name.
I am never asked to describe the reason for this 1099-MISC or whether or not it involved work or an intent to earn money. It automatically defaults to a business that has self-employment income, even though everything is entered under PERSONAL Income. Could this be caused by the fact I have the 'Home & Business' version of TurboTax? Any idea how to force this into personal income? Even so, would the insurance money considered taxable to me as it was my daughter's insurance reimbursing my daughter's funeral expenses?
