Are you certain the amount on Form 1099-NEC is a negative number? If so, you may need to contact the company that sent the 1099 to you. Payments to contractors are not negative.
If you imported the 1099-NEC, delete that entry and manually report the information from the hard copy or PDF that you received.
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