The 1099 NEC I received does not have EIN on it but Turbotax desktop requires it. What should I do?

@neojgao  If your 1099-NEC form has a Social Security Number instead of an Employer Identification Number:

• On the Let's get the info from your 1099-NEC screen, select the radio circle next to xxx-xx-xxxx instead of Payer's federal ID 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. 

• If an expense is directly related to the work you do, you can deduct it as an expense. 
• Work-related expenses reduce your taxes by lowering the amount of self-employment income you get taxed on

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.

• If they don't give you the Payer's TIN, you won't be able to e-file. You'll have to mail in your tax return.

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:

1. Open or continue your return in TurboTax
2. Search for self employment income (use this exact phrase, don't add a hyphen) and select the Jump to link at the top of the search results
3. Answer Yes on the Did you have any self-employment income or expenses? screen
4. When you get to the Let's enter the income for... screen you can enter the payments as "check" or "cash" under Other self-employed income.

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.

@TheWisdom

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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Please don't post the check image. We have removed it again for security reasons.

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:

• Go to Wages & Income
• Scroll down to Business Items
• Select Business Income and Expenses (Sch C) and Start or Update
• Follow the prompts and enter information about your business that received the check
• Continue to Enter Business Income That's Not on a 1099-NEC or a 1099-MISC
• In the space for Income or Sales, enter the amount of the check.

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 

Self-employment income

I have this same issue; however, I only have the Payers TIN (SSN) listed on my 1099NEC form as I was employed by a person- not a business.  I have completed all of my forms, etc and now trying to efile, but I keeps giving me an error message saying, "Needs Review- I need to input the employers federal EIN".  He does not have one because he is a person, not a business.  

Does this mean I will not be able to efile?  What can I do here to fix this?

The SSN and EIN are the same length -you can enter the SSN.

@cfinnerty422