topic Error: "Form 1099-misc: a link to schedule c should not be linked when the mwp qualifying as difficulty of care payments exclusion box has been checked" in Self employed

Error: "Form 1099-misc: a link to schedule c should not be linked when the mwp qualifying as difficulty of care payments exclusion box has been checked"

moneypitranch — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:45:48 GMT

In my final review before filing, I received the following error: "Form 1099-misc: a link to schedule c should not be linked when the mwp qualifying as difficulty of care payments exclusion box has been checked." I have two 1099-MISC's: one for self-employment, and one for a non-taxable state rebate. This error is for my self-employment. This error did not occur until the TurboTax update loaded this morning. There is not a checked box that I can find.

Re: Error: "Form 1099-misc: a link to schedule c should not be linked when the mwp qualifying as difficulty of care payments exclusion box has been checked"

ssbart — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 21:32:05 GMT

I have this same issue

Re: Error: "Form 1099-misc: a link to schedule c should not be linked when the mwp qualifying as ...

DawnC — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 21:38:32 GMT

You should delete the 1099-MISC from your Schedule C - in the Business section of TurboTax. Then go back and re-enter it in the Personal section. It was either entered in the Business section or somehow got linked to your Schedule C, but there is no button to ''unlink'' it, so deleting it from Sched C and then entering it in the Personal section is the way to fix that error.

Re: Error: "Form 1099-misc: a link to schedule c should not be linked when the mwp qualifying as difficulty of care payments exclusion box has been checked"

moneypitranch — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 23:15:26 GMT

thank you very much! I'll do that now.

Re: Error: "Form 1099-misc: a link to schedule c should not be linked when the mwp qualifying as ...

moneypitranch — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 23:28:58 GMT

I removed the 1099-MISC from business and reentered it in personal, along with the 1099-MISC for the CA Middle Class Tax Relief and I still get the error. When I reentered the 1099-MISC it asked me if there was schedule C, which there is - shouldn't I connect these two?

Re: Error: "Form 1099-misc: a link to schedule c should not be linked when the mwp qualifying as ...

DawnC — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 01:23:20 GMT

The Middle-Class Refund should not be attached to your business.
If you are excluding (from income) the amount on the 1099-MISC as difficulty of care payments (Qualified Medicaid Waiver Payments) - then enter it in the personal section and do not link it to your Schedule C (select these are medicare waiver payments).
If you want to include the payments in taxable business income, then do not enter the form in the personal section and select these are Medicaid Waiver Payments - you should enter it in the Business section, with your business income, and do not indicate they are waiver payments.

Anything you mark as MWP will not link to Schedule C. So, do you want to include the MWP in income or do you want to exclude the MWP from income?

Re: Error: "Form 1099-misc: a link to schedule c should not be linked when the mwp qualifying as ...

enlowwalker — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 02:39:34 GMT

I have the same problem with 1099 Misc that are entered and appropriately linked to my business. I get the same error saying the MWP box is checked and it is not even an option when 1099's are entered under business. The program is messed up and needs to be corrected. Your fix above does not work.

Re: Error: "Form 1099-misc: a link to schedule c should not be linked when the mwp qualifying as ...

MarilynG1 — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 03:04:04 GMT

I would advise deleting your 1099-Misc entries, and rather than 'linking' them to your Business, enter them directly as Business Income.

Type 'Schedule C' in the Search area, then click on 'Jump to schedule c'.

If you have already set up your Business, EDIT your Business at the Business Summary page. If not, answer some questions about your Business and then scroll down to 'Add Income' to enter your 1099-Misc.

Continue, and you can indicate that you received a 1099-Misc and enter it there.

Here's more info on Reporting Business Income.

@enlowwalker

Re: Error: "Form 1099-misc: a link to schedule c should not be linked when the mwp qualifying as ...

moneypitranch — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 17:48:51 GMT

The MWP box is not checked. I checked and then unchecked it to see if it would correct the issue. I did not have this issue before the update that rolled out in the last couple of days. Based on the number of people who have expressed the same concern in the same timeframe, I suspect it is a software issue, not an entry issue.

Re: Error: "Form 1099-misc: a link to schedule c should not be linked when the mwp qualifying as ...

AliciaP1 — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 18:58:24 GMT

You are not required to enter a 1099-MISC specifically into your tax return as long as all the income is reported correctly. You can delete your 1099-MISC Form from your return and re-enter the income.

To enter your income to your business in TurboTax Online you can follow these steps:

Within your return, click on Tax Tools in the black menu on the left side of the screen.
Click on Tools.
Click on Delete a Form.
Scroll down to your form and click Delete.
Under Federal in the black menu bar click Wages & Income to get back into your tax returns.
Search for self employed income (use this exact phrase, don't add a hyphen) and select the Jump to link at the top of the search results
Answer Yes on the Did you have any self-employment income or expenses? screen
- If you land on the Your 2022 self-employed work summary page, select Review next to the work you're adding income for
Answer the questions on the following screens until you arrive at Let's enter the income for your work
Scroll down to the Income section and click Add income for this work
Choose Other self-employed income and Continue
Proceed entering/reviewing your return.

@moneypitranch

Re: Error: "Form 1099-misc: a link to schedule c should not be linked when the mwp qualifying as ...

DawnC — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 20:50:27 GMT

As a workaround, until we can get the error removed, try

Deleting the 1099-MISC with amounts in Box 3 and
Enter the form as a 1099-NEC with the amount in Box 1

The results will be the same on Schedule C. And the 1099-NEC will link to Schedule C without an error.

@moneypitranch @enlowwalker

Re: Error: "Form 1099-misc: a link to schedule c should not be linked when the mwp qualifying as difficulty of care payments exclusion box has been checked"

michellehomebiz — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 21:43:26 GMT

This error of "MWP qualifying as difficulty of care payments exclusion box has been selected."
is due to the IRS 8960 update/error.

Issue is with TurboTax desktop allowing 1099 MISC to be entered into Schedule C as income.

Even though there is a box to select and users are allowed to enter their 1099 MISC inside the Business, the Employer should have actually issued a 1099 NEC, if the taxpayer is wanting to enter this into a Schedule C.

SOLUTION / Work around:

Go to Schedule C, income, update. Remove 1099 MISC.

Go to General business Income, just below that, and click start.

Enter this income in box as 1099misc and the amount.

This allocates the income properly to the Schedule C and reports that it's a 1099 misc for the business.

Re: Error: "Form 1099-misc: a link to schedule c should not be linked when the mwp qualifying as difficulty of care payments exclusion box has been checked"

moneypitranch — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 01:01:29 GMT

I deleted the 100-MISC and re-entered the information as a 1099-NEC. Worked without an issue. Thank you for your help and guidance!

Re: Error: "Form 1099-misc: a link to schedule c should not be linked when the mwp qualifying as difficulty of care payments exclusion box has been checked"

michellehomebiz — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 02:04:55 GMT

You are very welcome!