https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/self-employed-group/discussion/how-to-classify-income-from-digital-sheet-music-sales-and-performing-rights-royalties-bmi-ascap/01/2849682#M7908 <P>I am a composer / music teacher.</P><OL><LI>I sell digital copies of my music through my website.</LI><LI>I also sell physical copies through a distributor, who periodically sends me payment for my sales.</LI></OL><P>I do not receive any tax forms for this money. Do I report this on my Schedule C for my music business or somewhere else?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I also receive two 1099-MISC forms from ASCAP for performing rights royalties (one as the publisher, one as the writer). Same question—do I report this on my Schedule C or somewhere else?</P> Mon, 23 Feb 2026 09:32:39 GMT kawiah 2026-02-23T09:32:39Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/self-employed-group/discussion/how-to-classify-income-from-digital-sheet-music-sales-and-performing-rights-royalties-bmi-ascap/01/2849682#M7908 <P>I am a composer / music teacher.</P><OL><LI>I sell digital copies of my music through my website.</LI><LI>I also sell physical copies through a distributor, who periodically sends me payment for my sales.</LI></OL><P>I do not receive any tax forms for this money. Do I report this on my Schedule C for my music business or somewhere else?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I also receive two 1099-MISC forms from ASCAP for performing rights royalties (one as the publisher, one as the writer). Same question—do I report this on my Schedule C or somewhere else?</P> Mon, 23 Feb 2026 09:32:39 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/self-employed-group/discussion/how-to-classify-income-from-digital-sheet-music-sales-and-performing-rights-royalties-bmi-ascap/01/2849682#M7908 kawiah 2026-02-23T09:32:39Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/self-employed-group/discussion/re-how-to-classify-income-from-digital-sheet-music-sales-and-performing-rights-royalties-bmi-a/01/2849716#M7909 <P>The digital and physical copies of your music would be reported on schedule C as business income. The royalties reported on form 1099-MISC would be royalty income properly reported on schedule E. When you enter those forms in TurboTax &nbsp;they will be reported on the proper forms based on your answer to questions in the program.</P> Wed, 01 Feb 2023 03:19:04 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/self-employed-group/discussion/re-how-to-classify-income-from-digital-sheet-music-sales-and-performing-rights-royalties-bmi-a/01/2849716#M7909 ThomasM125 2023-02-01T03:19:04Z