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Teenage son received a 1099-Misc for streaming on twitch (this is a hobby). Not sure where to enter the information for this form

 
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Vanessa A
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Teenage son received a 1099-Misc for streaming on twitch (this is a hobby). Not sure where to enter the information for this form

To enter this income as a hobby, you will select the following:

  • Federal
  • Income and Expenses
  • Scroll down to Less Common Income and click Show More
  • Start next to Miscellaneous Income
  • Start next to Other Reportable Income

If however, he is doing this with the intent to make a profit, then it would need to be reported as income from self-employment. Simply enjoying what he does, does not necessarily make it a hobby if he is purposely making money from it. 

 

 

To enter it as self-employment income click the following:

  • Federal
  • Income and Expenses
  • Show More next to Self-Employment
  • Start or Revisit next to Self-Employment
  • Yes, to you have any self-employment income or expenses
  • Enter the type of self-employment work you do
  • Click through a few more screens and you will get to a screen that says "Your XX info"
  • Click Looks good
  • Then you will come to a screen that says Let's enter the income for your business.  It will give you the option of 1099-NEC or Other self-employed income including the 1099K , cash and checks.  Select the one that applies to you and hit continue
  • If you do not select on
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