Babysitters don't get 1099s. Businesses issue 1099s, and a parent isn't a business. So, a parent wouldn't issue a 1099 to someone who watched their kids.
That being said, you don't need a 1099 to have income. Many people have income and don't have a 1099 to support it.
You enter your income as General Income: (using SelfEmployed Online "traditional" or Home and Business)
- Business tab of Turbo Tax
- Update next to Profit or Loss from Business (if you haven't started entering your business because you were "stuck" on the 1099-MISC issue, then go through the initial questions by adding a business)
- Edit next to your business name
- Start or Update next to Business Income
- Start or Update next to General Income
- Make up your own description under "Tell us about additional income for your XX business" and put the amount you were paid.
The description above will save on your worksheets, but the IRS only sees total income. You are required to claim all income whether you got a 1099MISC or not, but you are not required to list the source of every dollar.
For instance, as a tax preparer/ advisor, I get few 1099 forms. Using Turbo Tax, I would enter all of my income under General Income as "tax prep". I certainly wouldn't list every payment per client.
