Self employed

Are you sure about including this on Schedule C? Just checking because I've read elsewhere that since these are local net income taxes (aside from the mandatory $100 minimum for the Portland Business License Tax), they should only be deducted on Schedule 1 if itemizing.

 

This is confusing, however, because all of these local business/self-employed taxes are required for doing business in Portland, which makes me think they are business expenses themselves.

 

Thank you for any help/clarification.