It was a one-time, volunteer, unpaid internship program that offered a fixed honorarium to help defray the costs of participation and to minimize the sacrifice necessary in participating in the program. Thus, it is earned income from a sporatic activity, not self-employment income.
However, I'm not really seeking an opinion on how to treat this income for tax purposes. I would like to know how to use TurboTax to report this 1099-NEC income as earned, not self-employment income on line 8 of the 1040. As you said, there are limited exceptions. So, I don't beleive TurboTax should be excluding the ability to apply these limited exceptions.
