So this is my first year to file taxes like this and I'm a bit confused. I made much less than $20,000 and am eligible for the EIC. The help section says that small businesses (I'm not sure if I qualify as a small business since I'm a self-employed freelancer) that make less than $20,000 usually expense lower cost items rather than going the depreciable route. I cannot for the life of me find a place to enter the lower cost expenses.
When I click "Add expenses for this work" it takes me to a page of options where the only applicable option seems to be related to depreciable assets. Whether I click on that or not, my only option seems to be to "Import expense transactions" which I cannot do. I thought I was supposed to be able to enter these expenses manually?
Am I supposed to total my expenses, deduct it from the gross income in Box 1a, and add the new total in the box that says "This amount in box 1a is too high or includes some personal transactions"?
