Hal_Al
Level 15

Retirement tax questions

On the other hand, if what you have is a 1099-Misc, and not a 1099-R; The IRS considers anything in box 7 of 1099-MISC to be self employment income. TurboTax (TT) aggressively steers you in that direction. If you try reporting box 7 income as anything else, you chances of hearing from the IRS are very high.
If you did any kind of work or performed a service, you have self employment income