Entering $2700 1099-misc reduces refund by more than $2200

[taxfiler101]

Entering $2700 1099-misc reduces refund by more than $2200. How is that possible? Seems like a bug in TurboTax desktop software. Can you help? I appreciate.

[taxlady28]

Why did you receive the 1099-Misc and where did you enter it?

[VolvoGirl]

When you enter one taxable transaction, you can't just watch the monitor.  You increased your overall adjusted gross income and with that come many other changes in your return, not just the incremental tax on the one transaction.

Like for example it increased your AGI and that would decrease some deductions if you itemized on Schedule A.  And by increasing your AGI it might reduce some credits you were getting like EIC.  And can make more of any Social Security taxable.

You would have to compare both returns line by line before and after you entered the income to see all the changes.

It may have entered it as self employment income and you pay self employment tax on it.  You will pay Self Employment tax (Scheduled SE) on a Net Profit of $400 or more on Schedule C in addition to regular income tax on it.   You pay 15.3% SE tax on 92.35% of your Net Profit (If it is greater than $400).  The 15.3% self employed SE Tax is to pay both the employer part and employee part of Social Security and Medicare.  So you get social security credit for it when you retire.  

[taxfiler101]

My student loan lender bank rewarded me 1% of student loan for being a good student. I received 2 checks $1450 (in 2023) and $1250 (in 2024). I had little income in 2023. The bank didn't send 1099-MISC for 2023 check. They sent 1099-MISC of $2700 this year. How do I report this income?

After entering this as a 1099-MISC, my Fed refund reduces by about $2244 and state refund reduces by about $420 totaling $2664 refund reduction. Does this make sense?

For the second part of the question - I entered data under Wages and Income tab - section Income From Form 1099-MISC.

[taxfiler101]

For the second part of the question - I entered data under Wages and Income tab - section Income From Form 1099-MISC.

[baldietax]

did it go on Schedule 1 or Schedule C ... when you answer the questions on 1099-MISC interview be sure to say "no" to the question about whether it was "intent or earn money", that will trigger Schedule C and may be adversely impacting your tax (see comments from @VolvoGirl )

[baldietax]

sorry to be clearer...

did it go on Schedule 1 or Schedule C ... when you answer the questions on 1099-MISC interview be sure to say "no" to the question about whether it was "intent or earn money"; if you say "yes" here, that will trigger Schedule C and may be adversely impacting your tax (see comments from @VolvoGirl )

[Mike9241]

@taxfiler101 as @VolvoGirl explained adding $2700 to income can change a lot of things on your tax return. it not the self-employment tax that's federal only and at most would add $400. additional federal income taxes at the top bracket of 37% (for taxable income well over $1/2 million) would add about $900.  Thus, it would seem you're losing some deductions or tax credits. We have no access to your return. You have to compare your returns before and after line by line to see what changes. Then if you have questions about why a specific line changed post back in this thread.