You only enter you W-2 info in that section. There is another section that you can enter Contract Labor under Business Expenses / Contract Labor
Contract Labor
If you paid an independent contractor or freelancer $600 or more for services on a project and did not withhold any type of taxes, you are required to send that contractor, and the IRS, a Form 1099-NEC.
Examples include:
- Fees paid to sub- and independent contractors
- Fees paid for additional project support
- Fees paid for creative resources
- Fees paid for outside research, data collection
More examples:
- Part-time programmers and coders for special projects
- Subcontractors such as writers, designers, engineers hired for a project
- Additional administrative, data entry support
- Real estate processors
- Stage personnel, audio and sound technicians, choreographers
- Seasonal workers, if paid as independent contractors
- Fees paid for outsourcing specific project work
