I originally put it under business and realized this was wrong so I deleted it and now every time I try to enter it goes to business
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It sounds like your royalties are not under box 2 or are related to your business (which the software determines based on your follow up questions).
"Royalty" income is either reported under schedule E for Royalties, which is passive income, or if it's related to your business, under business income. If you do work related to the royalties, it will be treated as business income.
You can review your questions, following where you entered the form and test what happens if you change your answers (to understand what is triggering it to be put under business).
If you do no work related to earning these royalties, then it will be reported as passive income (form 1040 line 17) if you report them under:
It sounds like your royalties are not under box 2 or are related to your business (which the software determines based on your follow up questions).
"Royalty" income is either reported under schedule E for Royalties, which is passive income, or if it's related to your business, under business income. If you do work related to the royalties, it will be treated as business income.
You can review your questions, following where you entered the form and test what happens if you change your answers (to understand what is triggering it to be put under business).
If you do no work related to earning these royalties, then it will be reported as passive income (form 1040 line 17) if you report them under:
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