I have W-2's, 1099-NEC, and unemployment that I need help with. Where can I go to file everything at the same time?

[RayW7]

You enter the W2 and 1099-NEC in two separate locations in TurboTax.  The 1099-NEC can be a little more involved than the W2.

TurboTax will guide you through this.

To enter your W2 information:

If you want to manually enter your W-2 info, we make it easy for you.

1. From Tax Home, open or continue your return.
2. In the upper right menu, select  and search for W-2.
3. Select the Jump to link at the top of the search results.
4. At the Let's start with some info from this W?2 screen, don’t enter your employer's EIN, just select Continue.
   1. Or, Add Another W-2 if you see the Here’s your W-2 info screen.
5. On the Let’s type in the rest of your W-2 info screen, you can manually enter your W-2 information.

To enter you 1099-NEC:

1. From Tax Home, open or continue your return.
2. In the upper right menu, select  and search for 1099-NEC.
3. Add a 1099-NEC

If you receive tax form 1099-NEC for services you provide to a client as an independent contractor and the annual payments you receive total $400 or more, you'll need to file your taxes a little differently than a taxpayer who only receives regular employment income reported on a W-2.

One of the most common reasons you’d receive tax form 1099-NEC (Form 1099-MISC in prior years) is if you're self-employed or did work as an independent contractor during the previous year. The IRS refers to this as “nonemployee compensation.”

• In most circumstances, your clients are required to issue Form 1099-NEC when they pay you $600 or more in any year.
• As a self-employed person, you're required to report your self-employment income if the amount you receive from all sources totals $400 or more.

The process of filing your taxes with Form 1099-NEC is a little different than if you only had income reported on a W-2. Here's some tips to help you file.

Taking deductions

One of the nice things about receiving a 1099-NEC rather than a W-2 is you can claim deductions on your Schedule C, which you use to calculate your net profits from self-employment.

Your deductions must be for business expenses that the IRS considers ordinary and necessary for your self-employment activities.

• An expense is ordinary if it's incurred by self-employed individuals in a similar field.
• An expense is necessary if it's helpful to you in completing your work. An expense does not have to be essential to be necessary.

For example, the cost of sophisticated computer software is an ordinary and necessary expense for a freelance graphic designer. On the other hand, the cost of hiring a limousine to travel to clients may be helpful, but is not ordinary by tax standards.

When you use Schedule C, you will typically calculate your net profit by:

1. Taking your total self-employment income, including those earnings not reported on a 1099-NEC, and
2. subtracting the deductible business expenses you incur.

The final net profit figure must be transferred to Form 1040 and combined with your other earnings to calculate your taxable income.

Self-employment taxes

As a self-employed individual, you must pay Social Security and Medicare taxes. However, since your 1099-NEC income is not subject to employment-tax withholding, you're required to pay these taxes yourself.

• These taxes are calculated on a Schedule SE, which must be attached to your tax return.
• Only the net profit reported on Schedule C is calculated into the self-employment taxes on Schedule SE.
• Earnings such as investment income are not subject to Social Security and Medicare taxes.

Estimated tax payments

One thing you’ll notice on your 1099-NEC forms is that your clients don’t withhold income tax from your payments like they do for their employees. This does not mean, however, that you can wait until you prepare your tax return to pay 100% of the income tax you owe. Instead, you may have an obligation to make up to four estimated tax payments to the IRS during the year.

The amount and frequency of your estimated payments depends on,

• How much income you earn,
• the tax withheld from other employment income, and
• the method you choose to calculate your estimated taxes.

Use Form 1040-ES to figure out your estimated tax obligations.

[rhuddleston]

I’ve entered the w2 and the 1099nec. But they are from the same company.  On the 1099nec line 1f shows a 0. She is not a statutory employee

[rhuddleston]

That did not help. I get an error for line 1f how can I correct it when she isn’t a statutory employee and the box isn’t checked in her w2

[rhuddleston]

There is a loss

[BillM223]

"On the 1099nec line 1f shows a 0."

We do not know what you are referring to. On the 2020 1099-NEC, there is no line 1f.

"I get an error for line 1f how can I correct it when she isn’t a statutory employee and the box isn’t checked in her w2"

Are you actually talking about a W-2? What line 1f are you talking about?

[JLuke2]

What if the person has a W2 income as a statutory employee and also receives a 1099-NEC.  Can the same total business expenses be entered on both Schedule C's?