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Business & farm
Your clients don't need any special paperwork. The only time** your clients or customers would issue a tax form like a 1099-NEC is if they are a business and they paid you more than $600. (In other words, if you clean the business offices of John Smith, attorney, he must issue a 1099, but if you clean John Smith's personal home, he does not issue any tax paperwork. If you work for another business, they should already know these rules.)
**There is an exception to this rule if you regularly provide child care in the same person's home and they pay you more than $2,400 in a year—in that case, you are their household employee and they must issue you a W-2 and follow certain other rules. We can talk more about that if that is your situation. You can be a household employee of one family and still have side gigs with other families that would be reported on Schedule C.
You are responsible/required to keep your own accurate records of your income and expenses. Your main expenses are probably travel and cleaning supplies. If you provide child care in your home, you may be able to deduct a portion of your household expenses (mortgage or rent, utilities, insurance, food) as business expenses.
Your income and expenses are listed on schedule C, and you pay income tax and self-employment tax on your net profits. Depending on how much you expect to earn, you may need to make estimated tax payments.
I believe @Critter-3 and @VolvoGirl have some information and links they post to similar questions.