topic I have misc. income reported on1099-MISC that is related to my pension. However, I am retired and did no work to receive this. TT keeps wanting me to enter this as work. How can I get around that? in Get your taxes done using TurboTax

I have misc. income reported on1099-MISC that is related to my pension. However, I am retired and did no work to receive this. TT keeps wanting me to enter this as work. How can I get around that?

HawgmanPhil — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:26:36 GMT

Re: I have misc. income reported on1099-MISC that is related to my pension. However, I am retired and did no work to receive this. TT keeps wanting me to enter this as work. How can I get around that?

cczerepak — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 18:48:17 GMT

I was in the same boat with a benefit listed on a 1099-MISC form. I selected "this was a manufacturer's incentive payment." This did not generate a slew of unrelated questions or forms and included it as income.

INTUIT: TurboTax needs an option for 1099-MISC to include "Benefits provided by current or previous employer. " Selecting Other generates a number of screens totally unrelated as no work was performed.

Re: I have misc. income reported on1099-MISC that is related to my pension. However, I am retired...

AmyC — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 00:43:17 GMT

Since the 1099-MISC is not a business, you have to mark:

no intent to earn money
mark that the income is only for this tax year, 2023 .

Otherwise the program will think it is recurring income and a business.