Deductions & credits

If you are filing as a business, it was likely in your Schedule C, Business Expenses Section, regarding if you paid any contractors with a Form 1099.

You will enter payments for Contractor Labor in the Business Expenses section. You do not need to enter them individually.  You will just enter a description along with the total the amount paid. You can also list each separately with a description in that area

How to get to that area :   While inside the software and working on your return, type Schedule C in the Search at the top of the screen (you may see a magnifying glass there).  

There will be a popup that says Jump to Schedule C.  Select that to get to the general area.  

• select to Edit the business
• scroll to Business Expenses
• then, Other Common Business Expenses

In TurboTax Download version, follow these steps:

1. Choose the Business tab
2. Then select Start/Update next to Profit or Loss from Business
3. Select Edit next to the name of your business
4. Go to the Business Expenses section to choose the appropriate category for your expense

in TurboTax Online.

1. Type Schedule C in the Search box
2. Select the Jump to link
3. Answer Yes to Did you have any self-employment income or expenses? ? and answer the questions until you get the First, select the expenses you know you had screen
4. Select your expenses, then Continue
   • If you've already worked in this section, select Edit or Review next to your business
     1. Then select Start or Edit or Add expenses for this work
     2. Select Start next to an expense type that you had
     3. Enter your expense description and amount, and answer any other questions we ask
     4. If you had more than one expense for a type, select Add another row to include them all

Click here for 1099-Misc, Independent Contractors, and Self Employed.

Click here for Self-Employed expenses you can deduct. 

Click here for Reporting Self-Employment Business Income and Deductions.

If this does not help please feel free to come back to TurboTax Community and provide additional information regarding your question.  You can also click here for information on Turbo Tax Support. You can connect with a Live TurboTax Agent and share your screen.