@MelGib59
You would only file a schedule C if you have additional outside income to report, such as if your husband did consulting, or was paid independently to perform weddings or funerals, or was a per diem chaplain at a local hospital, or something like that.
It’s important to understand that pastor is our only “considered self-employed“ for certain tax purposes, but most pastors are common-law employees and will receive a W-2. Box 1 should have wages and boxes 2 through 6 should be blank. If boxes 3 through 6 have monetary amounts, TurboTax will get confused and you will need to perform manual adjustments or seek extra assistance. If you have a W-2 with boxes 3 through 6 blank, then after entering the W-2 and getting past a couple of nag screens where TurboTax asks you to make sure you entered it correctly, there will be a screen listing special circumstances and you will check the box for “religious wages.“ This will cause TurboTax to prepare a schedule SE for the self-employment tax. But you will not require a schedule C unless there was additional outside income.
