No, based on this situation you are considered self-employed.
Per the IRS:
The earnings of a person who is working as an independent contractor are subject to self-employment tax.
To enter your self-employment income in TurboTax Online you can follow these steps:
- Open or continue your return in TurboTax
- Search for self employed income (use this exact phrase, don't add a hyphen) and select the Jump to link at the top of the search results
- Answer Yes on the Did you have any self-employment income or expenses? screen
- If you land on the Your 2021 self-employed work summary page, select Review next to the work you're adding income for
- Answer the questions on the following screens until you arrive at Let's enter the income for your work
- Select the form that applies to your situation and Continue
- You can enter the info from your 1099 form on the following screens
Then be sure to review What self-employed expenses can I deduct? to see what expenses you can claim to reduce your self-employed income.
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