Retirement tax questions

Ummm, not exactly the same, but my expenses were about a hundred less than the amount in box 1 and my 1099-NEC. My expenses usually come close to business income, but in previous year when reported on 1099-MISC I would still see the full amount that I entered (from I think box 7 on the MISC) next to the 1099-MISC section on the TT's income page. I called in and asked a a rep about this and he said it gets rolled in to the business income and expenses section or something  in some kind of way..., didn't quite understand it myself. Just the way it was done with the NEC this year kind of threw me for a loop. I guess as long as everything on my actual tax forms is copacetic, it's no big deal I guess!