Business & farm

Yes, Self employed. I get a 1099 MISC from the Gov, and I give a 1099 MISC to my subcontractor (while giving the IRS a 1096). I am not sure which version I am using but it let me put in the contractor expenses, so my income came down. My 1099 from the gov was 15k, while I paid my subcontractor 18k (because of timeframe payouts near the end of the calendar year). 

 

I think it rectified once I changed the numbers to no expenses and then re-entered the expenses. However, I would like to claim that 3K as a loss for this year. Thanks for the help!