Here's another option. Instead of reporting your 1099-NEC on Schedule C, you can instead report it on Schedule 1. To do that, delete your 1099-NEC, and then report that income under "Less Common Income > Miscellaneous Income > Other reportable income". Then under the description, you can type in something like "Other Income from box 3 of 1099-NEC" and put in the amount. That way it ends up in Schedule 1 in your return under Part 1: Additional Income > Other Income. You no longer will be stuck in a loop as you proceed to filing.
I followed these steps and was able to successfully file my Federal return.
