Income from your business does not have to be reported on a
Form 1099-MISC for it to be entered into your return.
Use these steps to go directly to the Business section of your return:
- On the top row of the TurboTax online screen, click on Search (or for CD/downloaded TurboTax locate the search box in the upper right corner)
- This opens a box where you can type in “business income, self-employed” (be sure to enter exactly as shown here) and click the magnifying glass (or for CD/downloaded TurboTax, click Find)
- The search results will give you an option to “Jump to business income, self-employed”
- Click on the blue “Jump to business income, self-employed” link
Since you are using the TurboTax Self-Employed online
version of the program, if you have already entered information for your
business, choose Edit beside the
business name. Otherwise, go ahead and
enter the preliminary information for your business.
Next you will come to a screen listing several categories of
items to work on. Choose Start or Update beside Business
Income. Then Start or Update beside General Income. The General
Income section is used to report income
that was from cash or credit card payments.
