1099-NEC. The options provided are limited. How can I choose none of the above?

[JamesG1]

What is the nature of the income that you received on an IRS form 1099-NEC?

[joelisatax]

my wife is a teacher and received a 1099-NEC from the county for classes she was involved in.  No W2, not a hobby or a side business.  They paid her to attend these classes.

[KrisD15]

You can ask the county to replace the 1099-NEC with Form 1099-MISC.

Form 1099-NEC was resurrected by the IRS several years ago to explicitly show that the income reported is Non-Employee Compensation and therefore Self-Employment income. 

Form 1099-MISC is still available and is used as a "catch-all" for everything else. 

From your description, I would say the county should have reported it as "other income" on Form 1099-MISC.

Since you have Form 1099-NEC, there is nothing you can do with the TurboTax program than to report it as Self-employment income which means you will pay FICA tax.

You can elect to report it some other way, but once the 1099-NEC is entered, TurboTax recognizes this as Self-employment because that is what the IRS mandates for Form 1099-NEC. The IRS gets a copy of the 1099-NEC and will look for it to be reported. You may need to send a statement with your return if you report it some other way. 

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