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No - It is not necessary to include the business in your return. However, you might want to in order to deduct any startup costs you may have incurred (even if there is no income). These expenses can only be deducted in the year they were paid (for a cash basis business).
In order to report expenses, you will need to use TurboTax Self-Employed (online) or one of the TurboTax CD/Download products.
You can deduct up to $5,000 of startup costs as a current business expense. The remainder is amortized over 180 months.
Start-up costs include:
You can enter your startup expenses using these steps:
NOTE: If you don't see Startup costs in the list of Business
Expenses you need to indicate that the business was started or acquired in
2016. Please follow these steps:
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