Is 1099-Miscellaneous income considered a business?

[chatmanmattmel]

I was an independent contractor last year for a medical billing company. I received a 1099-miscellaneous income form. Turbo tax is treating this as a business and making me enter a business code, business address, etc with a schedule C form. I don't understand why I can't just enter the 1099 into my personal income. I do not own a business.

[rjs · Accepted solution]

If you were an independent contractor, you were in business for yourself. You have to report the income as business income. An amount in box 7 of a 1099-MISC is business income.