@Batman629
You don't need a 1099 to report self-employment income. You have to report all your income, whether or not you get a 1099. The total business income that you report has to be at least as much as the total of any 1099s that you receive, but it can be more.
@Batman629 wrote:
Last year, I didn’t even have the option on TurboTax to input the >$200 I made on Etsy
You didn't say what version of TurboTax you used last year. If you use TurboTax Online you have to use TurboTax Self-Employed in order to enter self-employment income without a 1099. You can't enter it in the lower editions. You also need Self-Employed to enter business expenses. In the other TurboTax Online editions you can only enter self-employment income with a 1099-NEC, and no expenses.
If you use the CD/Download TurboTax software, any edition will allow you to enter self-employment income without a 1099, and allow you to enter business expenses.
@Batman629 wrote:
you’re saying that I can’t put down the paint, for example, that I need to run my Etsy shop in the same list of materials for tax deductions that I keep for my contracting job?
That's right. The expenses for each business go on the Schedule C for that business. You have to keep them separate, and keep separate records for each business.
