topic My spouse had no income in 2016 as he just became a Realtor in July. He has a number of expenses; however, there is no income to report and we're stuck on that screen. in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-spouse-had-no-income-in-2016-as-he-just-became-a-realtor-in-july-he-has-a-number-of-expenses/01/665142#M268447 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 09:54:51 GMT chipandscott 2019-06-06T09:54:51Z My spouse had no income in 2016 as he just became a Realtor in July. He has a number of expenses; however, there is no income to report and we're stuck on that screen. https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-spouse-had-no-income-in-2016-as-he-just-became-a-realtor-in-july-he-has-a-number-of-expenses/01/665142#M268447 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 09:54:51 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-spouse-had-no-income-in-2016-as-he-just-became-a-realtor-in-july-he-has-a-number-of-expenses/01/665142#M268447 chipandscott 2019-06-06T09:54:51Z Under the general income category, you will enter $0 as i... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/under-the-general-income-category-you-will-enter-0-as-i/01/665149#M268452 <P>Under the general income category, you will enter $0 as income, and then proceed to expense area.</P><P>This happens often especially in this business, as it takes a while to start getting listings and closing sales.</P><P>Just make sure the 2nd year, there is some income, as IRS will be looking closer if it happens two years in a row.&nbsp;</P> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 09:54:53 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/under-the-general-income-category-you-will-enter-0-as-i/01/665149#M268452 MichaelL1 2019-06-06T09:54:53Z