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Why does my self-employment income and expenses "need review"? I have filled everything out multiple times.

karlwchristensen — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:24:16 GMT

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AliciaP1 — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 17:34:32 GMT

To clear a "need review" notice you need to go back to your self-employment income and go through the full interview to ensure you have answered all the questions.

To do this in TurboTax Online you can follow these steps:

Within your tax return use the magnifying glass icon to search for Schedule C
Click the Jump to link
Click Edit for the line of work
Scroll down and click Review for the line that has Needs Review in red above the line description on the left (General Info, Expenses, Type of Income, Uncommon Situations)
Go through the interview process answering all the questions for the topic until you get back to the Here's your XXX info screen
Proceed entering/reviewing your return

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karlwchristensen — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 23:22:33 GMT

Thank you for the thoughtful response! Unfortunately, the Schedule C itself says "Needs Review"; but when I drill down into every single sub-topic (General Info, Expenses, Income, Uncommon Situations, Business Summary, etc.), nothing, anywhere says "Needs Review". Hmm.

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Critter-3 — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 23:30:36 GMT

Do you have an expense with no $$ attached to it or a filler zero ? If so delete that expense and the zero.

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karlwchristensen — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 19:06:10 GMT

No; I have two expense line items and they are non-zero. No other expenses. Thanks!

I tried for an hour with the TurboTax folks but in the end they flaked out and did not get back to me.

All the best,

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liananmay — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 18:49:57 GMT

I had the same problem, and also after a couple hours on the phone with them they could not fix it. Called Intuit and they were supposed to have a tech call me back, but never did. Now I cant clear this "needs review" and so I cannot enter my second Schedule C, so I cant use Turbo Tax to file. Trying to get a refund because its pre-payed and no luck. Let me know if you got this resolved.

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AliciaP1 — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 19:55:18 GMT

If you cannot proceed through the interview process for the Schedule C (by pulling it up and clicking Edit for each line that shows, including the Business Summary section) I suggest you delete the entire Schedule C and re-enter your information. The best process then is to go through the entire interview for the whole Schedule because there are questions at the very end of the entry to see if you qualify for the QBI deduction and other things that are beneficial and may be hanging up your process now.

To delete a specific form in TurboTax Online you can follow these steps:

Within your return, click on Tax Tools in the black menu on the left side of the screen.
Click on Tools.
Click on Delete a Form.
Scroll down to your form and click Delete.
Under Federal in the black menu bar click Wages & Income to get back into your tax returns.
Use the magnifying glass icon to search for self employed income (use this exact phrase, don't add a hyphen) and select the Jump to link at the top of the search results
Proceed entering/reviewing your return

To do this in TurboTax Desktop you can follow these steps:

Within your return, click on the Forms icon in the upper right of the screen to switch to Forms mode.
Scroll down in the menu bar on the left and select your form.
Click the Delete Form button at the bottom left of the preview screen.
Confirm the deletion then click the Step-by-Step icon in the upper right of the screen.
Use the magnifying glass icon to search for self employed income (use this exact phrase, don't add a hyphen) and select the Jump to link at the top of the search results
Proceed entering/reviewing your return

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kinsey1615 — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 17:56:10 GMT

I have reviewed my business income and expense 10 times and it still says it needs to be reviewed!!! In 2024 I did one art show. Why does it keep saying that statement in Turbo Tax? It's getting to be a real pain!!!

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VolvoGirl — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 18:04:23 GMT

Are you using the 2024 Desktop program? It is very early and all the sections are not ready yet. There will be many updates to come. Probably won't be ready until in January. And you can't file until late January.

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kinsey1615 — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 19:05:39 GMT

Oh. Ok. I guess that does make sense. I'll give it some time. Thanks.

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VolvoGirl — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 19:09:48 GMT

I looked it up. Schedule C says Jan 9. Forms Availability Lookup Tool
https://form-status.app.intuit.com/tax-forms-availability/formsavailability?albRedirect=true&product=Turbotax_online&bu=cg

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Jenndy43 — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 17:21:28 GMT

Did you ever get this fixed? Everything in mine is correctly filled out but it's still saying NEEDS REVIEW and its already Jan 31, 2025!

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DaveF1006 — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 22:38:37 GMT

If you have done everything correctly, see if you can move past the review.

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karlwchristensen — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 14:42:12 GMT

This happened to me in January 2023. I deleted my Schedule 3 and filled it out again; that worked for me then. Could also be that some forms or underlying worksheets are not finalized / in production yet? Good luck!