topic Re: 1040 Question in Self employed

1040 Question

yarnalljr — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:31:56 GMT

I did contract service work for a school district and worked for DoorDash, both require business information and I am unsure how to tell if either are qualified business or trade income sources. I am also unsure of what to do about business information as I was employed by a company or government entity for these jobs. Any help with how to proceed would be appreciated.

Re: 1040 Question

BrittanyS — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 21:49:51 GMT

Can you clarify how you were paid? Did you receive a 1099 or a W-2 form?

Re: 1040 Question

yarnalljr — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 21:55:18 GMT

For both of these jobs I received 1099-NEC forms. For Doordash all payments were direct deposit and for the contract service work I received physical paychecks shortly after the work was completed.

Re: 1040 Question

JamesG1 — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 13:33:52 GMT

You will create two self-employment activities that will be reported at the screen Your 2022 self-employed work summary.

Under each self-employment activity you will be able to answer the questions concerning Qualified Business Income. Services performed as an employee is discussed here on page 2.

Follow these steps:

Down the left side of the screen, click on Federal.
Down the left side of the screen, click on Wages and Income.
Scroll down to Self-Employment. Click Show more.
Click on Start / Edit/Add to the right of Self-employment income and expenses.
At the screen Your self-employed work summary, click Edit to the right of the activity.
At the screen Here's your info, scroll down to Qualified Business Income. Click Edit / Details to the right.
Follow the directions.

In addition, your self-employment income can be added directly to the self-employment activity by entering under Income.

@yarnalljr