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To qualify as a hobby, you would have to do this with no intention of making a profit. In this case you would not have to pay self employment income but you could not claim any expenses.    If you intend to make a profit then you would report this as self-employment income.  You can claim any expenses that were related to this income. These expenses lower your business income and therefore lower your tax.      For more information refer to the following TurboTax articles and IRS  tips.     What's a 1099-NEC? Here’s how to tell the difference between a hobby and a business for tax purposes How do I report income from self-employment? When the IRS Classifies Your Business as a Hobby @Redbird16   

This has happened to me (and to plenty of others) for many years. Could be many different reasons, either with TT or Schwab. The best advice I can give right now is log out of TT, then log back in to see if it shows up. Or, wait until tomorrow and try again. Since Schwab won’t have produced 1099s for all their accounts until end of the month, it may be that they are waiting til then to make 1099 downloads available.

If you have health insurance through your employer, it is considered private (not government run). If you have private health insurance, you should have received a Form 1095-B or 1095-C. If this is the case you do not have to make any changes to your input.    If you have health insurance through the Health Insurance Marketplace/Exchange (usually found on Healthcare.gov) you would have received a Form 1095-A, which is only issued for plans that are purchased through HealthCare.gov or state exchanges.  You can get to the screens in TurboTax to edit your information as follows:   Click on "Search" at the top right of your TurboTax screen,  Type "Form 1095-A" into the search bar and  Click on the link "Jump to Form 1095-A".   This will take you to the screen that asks about your health insurance.  It will say, "Do you need to report any Forms 1095-A's?"   Several states do require their residents to report health insurance coverage or pay a penalty. In this case TurboTax will prompt you to enter your information during the state return process. The states that require this are: California, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Rhode Island.    Click here for Employer Sponsored Health Coverage Explained Click here for What health insurance info do I need to put on my tax return? Click here for What Health Care Forms Should I Have When Filing My Taxes?     If you have additional information or questions regarding this, please return to Community and we would be glad to help.        

Contact support to see if the expert you want is available this year.  The "Live" experts are seasonal employees who may or may not be working with TT this year. To call TurboTax customer support https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/account-management/contact-turbotax/L2y9ZKpQB_US_en_US?uid=m5s9l2vh  

Your tickets sold for a gain will have to reported as "Other Income" in your tax return.    Follow these steps to enter this income:   Open your tax return Click Federal in the left-hand column, then on Wages & Income Navigate to the list of income categories Locate the section Other Common Income and click on the down arrow on the right Click Start Follow the interview until you arrive at the page titled Did this involve an intent to earn money?. Answer that this didn't involve an intent to earn money. The amount will be reported as Miscellaneous income and won't be subject to Self-employment tax.  

If someone else's e-file is being rejected because you made a mistake when you said you could not be claimed, they do not have to wait for you to amend.  Waiting will not help them at all.   They can file the return that claims you as a dependent by mail, since the IRS will not reject a mailed return, or they can get an IP PIN to try to e-file their return that claims you.   You still must amend----no matter what they do to remedy their problem--- but they do not need to wait for you.   GET IP pin in order to e-file if your dependent’s SSN was claimed on another return   https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-takes-steps-to-help-prevent-refund-delays-by-accepting-duplicate-dependent-returns-with-an-ip-pin-for-2025-filing-season-taxpayers-encouraged-to-sign-up-soon-for-ip-pin-online-account     https://www.irs.gov/identity-theft-fraud-scams/get-an-identity-protection-pin  

Did you own the property only part of the year?  Or you may have owned the property all of the year, but rented the property for some period of time and used the property for personal use the remainder of the year.   If the property is not rented all year at fair value, then it is considered combined rental and personal use.  In this case, some expenses will be deducted as rental expenses and some expenses will be considered personal and non deductible.    In TurboTax Online, return to the rental activity by following these steps:    Down the left side of the screen, click on Federal. Down the left side of the screen, click on Wages & income. Scroll down to Rentals, Royalties, and Farm.  Click down arrow to the right. Select Start / Revisit to the right of Rental Properties and Royalties. At the screen Your 2025 rentals and royalties summary, click the pencil icon to the right. At the screen Here's rental property info, click the pencil icon to the right of Rental property info. Rental property income is reported on Schedule E Supplemental Income and Loss.     See also If I rent out my vacation home, can I still use it myself? at this TurboTax Help.  

Is there a value for state tax withheld in box 17?    If box 17 has taxes paid in it, then you will want to enter the 2-digit state abbreviation for the U.S. state that the tax was paid to. If you live in California and the tax was withheld and remitted on your behalf, then enter CA. If the interest was paid by a bank in New York, and they remitted the tax to their own state, for example, you would enter NY.    If there is NO value in box 17, and you are still experiencing this error, then try clicking box 17 with your mouse or cursor, and hitting backspace on your keyboard to delete any spaces or zeroes that may have been pulled in by the import. Do this same process for boxes 16 and 15 to make sure there are no "phantom" data entries for state tax, if there is no state tax paid. Failing this, you may need to delete this 1099-INT entry (select trashcan icon) and re-enter it by manually typing it in. Another possible workaround is to type XX for the state abbreviation, but this should be a last resort.    Quick navigation: TurboTax - Where do I enter Form 1099-INT?

I get what you are saying and that is what I will do.  I would have thought, however, that the software based on what is entered from the 1099Q would make the determination of what is and isn't taxable.  For instance, it has me enter my 2024 refund from my state tax return but will tell me it isn't taxable because I used the standard deduction.  It honestly shouldn't be that difficult to make the determine, even if it requires asking a few more questions.