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@neojgao If your 1099-NEC form has a Social Security Number instead of an Employer Identification Number:
The 1099-NEC form specifically reports Nonemployee Compensation if you worked as a freelancer or contractor last year. Report your self-employment income on Schedule C, Profit or Loss From Business.
You can report the sum total of the income you received and report it as other self-employed income. To do this please follow these steps:
The details of the 1099-NEC are not necessary as long as you report all the income you received.
Be sure to check What self-employed expenses can I deduct? to be sure you deduct all the expenses you can.
@neojgao If your 1099-NEC form has a Social Security Number instead of an Employer Identification Number:
The 1099-NEC form specifically reports Nonemployee Compensation if you worked as a freelancer or contractor last year. Report your self-employment income on Schedule C, Profit or Loss From Business.
Thank you for your response! But the 1099 NEC form doesn't have SSN either. What should I do?
Contact the company or organization that sent you the 1099-NEC form. They need to give you the Payer's TIN. Also, your SSN should be under Recipient's TIN.
After I quit, the payer hates me. Now, he refuses to send me 1099-NEC & not give me his TIN. How can I report my income?
You can report the sum total of the income you received and report it as other self-employed income. To do this please follow these steps:
The details of the 1099-NEC are not necessary as long as you report all the income you received.
Be sure to check What self-employed expenses can I deduct? to be sure you deduct all the expenses you can.
Hi Experts,
1. I have a question about reporting income. I don't have 1099-NEC but I have this check including the payer's company name, address & phone number (like the image attached). Can I just enter the 1099-NEC without the payer's TIN? Will the software go through (I got Turbotax Home & Business)? If yes, would it result in an inquiry from the IRS because they don't see the payer's TIN?
2. I don't know how to create my own post to ask a question. I just come here and comment to ask. Can you tell me how to create my own post here on the forum?
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You can report this income without a 1099-NEC. Payments on Form 1099-NEC are for self-employment as a non-employee. You said that you have TurboTax Home & Business. If this payment was received for a business that you are reporting on a Schedule C, you can just add the income shown on the check to that business.
If you haven't started a business Schedule C into TurboTax yet, you can add a new business and include this income.
The amount of the check would be entered in TurboTax Home and Business on the screen:
Here is a link to faq in Community. Check out How do I post a message? under Posting messages
Actually you don't need the 1099NEC. Just enter your total income as Cash or General. Only the total goes to Schedule C line 1. Just skip the 1099NEC part. You should be entering your income from your own records.
The person I did the work for did not provide me with any Social Security or TIN number But TurboTax is requiring me to put something in. What do I put in when they do not want to give me their social?
If you have a tax form - the payer's EIN is on there. If you did not receive a tax form, enter the income in Other Self-employment income - that entry does not require a form. @carat2stone
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