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1099 NEC after internship

carlcam — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 04:01:11 GMT

Hello,

I am in graduate school and I received a 1099-NEC from a summer internship for $8000. Two questions:

- Do I have to pay SE taxes?

- If I do, what can I realistically deduct as business expenses? The internship was on-site for 2 months where I had to commute every day using public transportation and I had to have meals with my coworkers. I used my own computer.

Re: 1099 NEC after internship

xmasbaby0 — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 04:12:16 GMT

You cannot deduct anything for commuting to and from work, nor can you deduct your meals. Those are normal personal expenses incurred by anyone who works.

You have self-employment income for which you will pay self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare. You will need to use online Premium software or any version of the CD/download so that you can prepare a Schedule C for your business expenses.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2926899-how-does-my-side-job-affect-my-taxes

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/form-1099-nec/1099-nec/L5qTsBiSe_US_en_US

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/self-employed/help/how-do-i-report-income-from-self-employment/00/26653

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/self-employed/help/what-is-the-self-employment-tax/00/25922

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2902389-why-am-i-paying-self-employment-tax

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901340-where-do-i-enter-schedule-c

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/3398950-what-self-employed-expenses-can-i-deduct

https://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/self-employed/self-employed-tax-deductions-

Re: 1099 NEC after internship

carlcam — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 19:41:56 GMT

Thank you for your quick reply

On schedule C, TT is flagging some errors on some fields that has to be filled out. Could you help me on these:

- Description of the principal profession: Internship?

-Business name: My name?

- Address: My address?

- Is this business a qualified trade: Yes?

- Accounting method: Cash?

Play an active role in the business: Yes?

- Materially participate: Yes?

- Payments in 2023 that would require to file 1099? No?

- EIN: No?

- Business code: 999000?

Re: 1099 NEC after internship

DianeW777 — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 15:22:53 GMT

Yes we can help. You have many of the correct answers so here is the verification for you.

Description of the principal profession: Internship? Yes, you can use this.
Business name: My name? / - Address: My address? Yes, it's your name and address.
Is this business a qualified trade: Yes / - Accounting method: Cash
Play an active role in the business: Yes / - Materially participate: Yes
Payments in 2023 that would require to file 1099? Unless you paid $600 or more for someone to assist you, the answer is No
EIN: No - This is not required unless you have employees.
Business code: 999000 This will suffice however you can use the Business Activity Codes to find a code close to the kind of work you were doing.

@carlcam