topic If I had a customer that did not pay me for my services, and I had to pay for labor and materials out of pocket . where do I put the loss at in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-i-had-a-customer-that-did-not-pay-me-for-my-services-and-i-had-to-pay-for-labor-and-materials-out/01/445523#M183169 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 22:37:40 GMT jwinnie1 2019-06-04T22:37:40Z If I had a customer that did not pay me for my services, and I had to pay for labor and materials out of pocket . where do I put the loss at https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-i-had-a-customer-that-did-not-pay-me-for-my-services-and-i-had-to-pay-for-labor-and-materials-out/01/445523#M183169 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 22:37:40 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-i-had-a-customer-that-did-not-pay-me-for-my-services-and-i-had-to-pay-for-labor-and-materials-out/01/445523#M183169 jwinnie1 2019-06-04T22:37:40Z Unfortunately, the IRS does not allow a deduction or cred... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/unfortunately-the-irs-does-not-allow-a-deduction-or-cred/01/445531#M183174 <P>Unfortunately, the IRS does not allow a deduction or credit for income not received..</P><P>You would not make a manual entry for the loss, but you can claim your expenses.</P><P>What category you cliam the expenses depends on what specific expenses you incurred.</P><P> </P><P>See<B> Schedule C </B><A href="https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040sc.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><B>https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040sc.pdf</B></A>&nbsp;to determine the category(ies) you would use.</P><P> </P><P> <B> <BR /> </B> </P><P> </P> Tue, 04 Jun 2019 22:37:41 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/unfortunately-the-irs-does-not-allow-a-deduction-or-cred/01/445531#M183174 Marketstar 2019-06-04T22:37:41Z