How do we report cleaning someone's house (severral times a week)?

[raydeans998]

My Wife cleans someone's home several times a week and provides companion assistance to an elderly lady - total received in 2016 was $980.... how do we report this?

[MichaelMc · Accepted solution]

The services that your wife is providing are actually a form of self-employment. Since you did not mention it, I am assuming that she did not receive a Form 1099-MISC from the person(s) who paid her for these services.

If you did not receive a Form 1099-MISC for these earnings, follow these steps:

In TurboTax Self-Employed or TurboTax Home & Business:

• Under the Business tab, select Business income and expenses > Business income [Start] or [Update];
• Scroll down to General income [Start];
• This will take you to a screen where you may list categories or specific items of income and the associated amounts. Click Continue and complete the interview.
• Continue on to the Business expenses section and enter all your expenses for supplies, transportation between houses, etc.