QBI question - Former employer, different tasks

[rafang25]

I recently left my former company and established an LLC to contract out Financial services.

After I had left, the former company had asked me to come back to train new individuals which was unrelated to my original work.

I received a 1099 from them for my work and had submitted it as QBI in TurboTax given that the work was unrelated to my work when I was still an employee at the company. After thinking it over, I'm not so sure I should have done that anymore?

What is your take on this? Would I qualify for the QBI or should I submit a revision? The generated income was roughly about $5,000

[DavidS127 · Accepted solution]

Because the work was different than your former job, it is eligible for the QBI deduction.  The "former employer" rule is there to prevent people from quitting their W-2 job and doing the same work as a 1099 worker solely to deduct 20% of what is in substance the same employee wages.  That is not the circumstance you describe.