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Yes, it is taxable income. No, it is not self-employment income.    Please enter the 1099-MISC following these steps: Enter the 1099-MISC Under Wages & Income Other Common Income Income from Form 1099-MISC    START Enter the 1099-MISC as it was reported,  Type "Christmas bonus" or something similar in for the description,  Select "None of these apply" for uncommon situations,  "NO" not like main job,  Only got it in 2024,   "NO" no intent to earn money,  DONE These are TurboTax questions, not IRS questions. These need to be the answers to let TurboTax know it is not Self-Employment.    

Thanks.   I have a SSN but my nonresident alien wife living overseas has none and is not eligible for a SSN and I don't plan on applying for an ITIN for her. I want to file married filing separately but I am not sure if I can e-file MFS via TurboTax online.

No, delete the Arizona Estimated Tax Payment you added to your Federal Return, as this was not an estimated payment to AZ, but a tax credit you're getting on your AZ return.   You can still claim Charitable Donations for AZ on your Federal Schedule A for the difference in the credit amount you got from AZ and the actual donation (if there is one).  For example, if you made a 1K donation, and AZ gives you a credit for $200, you can claim $800 as a Federal charitable donation on Schedule A.   If the entire donation gives an AZ credit, then you're correct, none is claimed on Schedule A.    However, if the credit you receive in AZ is 15% or less than your entire donation, you can claim the entire donation on your Schedule A.    @ConfusedinArizona 

@aabhisek100 wrote: Thank you for the clarification. Yes, I am giving only Fed refund in the column in the search box. As I am currently abroad, it would be great if you can provide me with the contact details of IRS. Thanks The page linked below will tell you about the IRS International Taxpayer Service Call Center.  It may be easier to reach someone than the IRS general 800 number.   Be aware of phone charges as you may be on hold a while.    I believe it's in the Philadelphia area.  Phone hours:  Monday-Friday, 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. (Eastern time US)    https://www.irs.gov/help/contact-my-local-office-internationally

Yes, once the return is fully processed, you can amend your return. If the tax liability is small, less than $25, you won't need to file.  Be sure you enter any refund or balance due.   See:  how to file an amended return. I need to amend my state return.

Please see how do I amend my state tax return for steps to access your input sections.  Then, follow the steps provided by LeticiaF1 above for the input sections that need to be used to make the changes and reflect the rent information.

leland-king, There are two reasons to file a tax return: 1) report your income, 2) pay your taxes. If you take a bunch of personal property that you purchased more than a year ago and sell it on eBay, then you will have received "payments for personal property sold at a loss." So, the first step is to report the 1099-K income on YOUR tax return.  It needs to show up somewhere on Schedule 1, the IRS suggests line 8J.  Next you need to offset that income, as you simply converted capital assets into cash at a loss, so you don't have to pay taxes on it.  Again, the IRS suggests that you do that by entering the amount of income from "payments for personal property sold at a loss" in Schedule 1, Line 24J.  Sounds simple and it would meet both requirements stated above. Here is the problem, regardless of how you classify the income on the TurboTax 1099-K, it will never enter the offset on Schedule 1, line 24J.  Worse yet, if you check box 2b (payments for personal property sold at a loss) on the TT 1099-K form, "1099-K Reconciliation" section, your entry on line 8J, or 8Z DISAPPEAR!!!!  Now you haven't met the first requirement stated in line 1, "report your income". You can play games all day long with different revenue classifications on the 1099-K and the corresponding destinations (e.g., Sch D long term capital gain) but none of them will properly capture the reported income and offset it so you don't incur additional taxes.  THIS IS A TURBO TAX LIMITATION AND PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN IN THE PROGRAM SINCE AT LEAST 2022! The best solution I could find to satisfy both requirements at the top of this post was to: 1) Classify the 1099-K income as "Hobby Income".  That enters it on Schedule 1, Line 8J meeting requirement 1. 2) On Schedule 1 click on the line 8Z field, which opens the 1040/1040SR Wks, then click on line 8Z again, which takes you to the "Other Income" worksheet.  There you can enter a note (i.e., 1099-K Sales of personal items at a loss" and then enter a negative number equal to your 1099-K income.  This way there is a clear audit trail to show that you did report the income and that it is not taxable! It would be so much simpler if Intuit/Turbo Tax would do this automatically using line 24Z but that option isn't available, hence the plethora of workarounds that have been debated and posted over the last two years since eBay income thresholds have come down to where virtually every personal selling personal property gets a 1099-K. I should also mention that the last time I was on the phone with TT support trying to get them to explain how to get Schedule 1, line 24Z to populate properly, the support person tried to convince me to pay $60 for Live Tax Advice.  I assured them that I didn't need Live Tax Advice, I needed TurboTax to properly report and record 1099-K income.