Business & farm

To enter the amount reported in Box 6 of Form 1099-PATR received for your business, use the following steps: 

• On the top row of the TurboTax online screen, click on Search (or for CD/downloaded TurboTax locate the search box in the upper right corner)
• This opens a box where you can type in “schedule c” and click the magnifying glass (or for CD/downloaded TurboTax, click Find)
• The search results will give you an option to “Jump to schedule c”
• Click on the blue “Jump to schedule c” link
• Click Edit beside the business that received the Form 1099-PATR
• Scroll to the bottom of the section without making any changes and click Continue
• Answer 'yes' that your business is qualified business income
• Check the box to indicate that your business received Form 1099-PATR
• Enter the amount reported in box 6 in the appropriate field, either for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017 (amount reported will go to Form 8995A line 38) or for tax years beginning before January 1, 2018 (amount reported will go to Form 8903 line 23)

Form 8903 is supported by CD/downloaded versions of TurboTax, but not TurboTax Online.