Good idea. But, this is still a method to workaround a TurboTax bug. Had I not figured out that TurboTax is not correctly treating 1099-NEC income that is earned but not self-employment I would have paid several hundred dollars in extra taxes. Specifically, while entering the 1099-NEC information I selected, “sporadic activity, not self-employment”. At that point TurboTax incorrectly classified the income as unearned. It took me several hours to discover this error and the workaround method you have acknowledge in this discussion.
How do I request a refund of my TurboTax purchase under the TurboTax Maximum Refund Guarantee?
