Keep getting "Needs Review" (1099-NEC issue?)

[rseguinturbo]

I have 2 sole proprietor businesses that each have 1099-NEC income.  I have everything entered, but when I try to file, I get the "Needs Review" error pointing me to the consulting business where I only have one 1099 and a mileage deduction.  The other (primary) business has a 1099-NEC and other income and expenses, and "passes" just fine.  Both businesses have never given me these issues with Turbo-Tax in prior years.

I read some other help on Schedule Cs needed to be filled out for 1099NECs, but only one seems to cause issues.  Plus, I'm unclear how/why I need to put in all of the Schedule C info when its already showing up in TurboTax... Help!

[CatinaT1]

Income reported on Form 1099-NEC must be included on Schedule C. If you entered the 1099-NEC but did not complete the Schedule C, you will get this error.

Revisit the section where you entered the Form 1099-NEC if you entered it on its own and delete that entry, by following these steps:

1. Open TurboTax.
2. On the top right corner of TurboTax online screen, click on Search (or for CD/downloaded TurboTax locate the search box in the upper right corner).
3. Type in “1099-NEC” (or for CD/downloaded TurboTax, click Find),
4. Click on “Jump to 1099-NEC”
5. Click on the blue “Jump to 1099-NEC” link

This will bring you a summary of all Form 1099-NEC that you have entered.  Click Delete or the trash can icon next to each one.

Next, you will re-enter the Form 1099-NEC as part of the Schedule C so that the income is reported directly as part of your Business Income and Expenses and within the correct form and section of your return.

Follow these steps to go to the Schedule C section of your return:

1. On the top right corner of TurboTax online screen, click on Search (or for CD/downloaded TurboTax locate the search box in the upper right corner).
2. Type in “schedule c” (or for CD/downloaded TurboTax, click Find).
3. Click on “Jump to schedule c”.
4. Click on the blue “Jump to schedule c” link

If you already have created a Schedule C in your return, click on edit and go to the section to Add Income.  This is where you will re-enter the Form 1099-NEC. 

If you do not already have a Schedule C in your return, follow the prompts and enter the information about your work/business for which you received the Form 1099-NEC.  Then continue through that section to Add Income and enter the Form 1099-NEC along with any additional income you received for that business.  

Once you have completed this, the error should be eliminated. 

[rseguinturbo]

When I started to implement this approach, I was frustrated that it wanted me to re-enter the info that I had already entered into TurboTax (in fact, I could pull up the 1099-NEC and verify the info).  I decided to cancel the Schedule C manual re-entry approach ad call the help line again.  I had already worked for about an hour apiece on 3 different days with 3 different TurboTax customer service reps who had me try everything else including repeatedly deleting and re-inputting both the 1099 info and the entire business!  On my 4th call, talking with a supervisor, he walked me through much of the same delete-reentering, but always was asked to "review" the business (which only had 1 1099, a few miles, nad no other expenses).  At that point, TurboTax started having me fill out an IRS-style form regarding my mileage deduction, and forced me to aswer a bunch of questions about a car that I no longer own.  After entering zeros everywhere, the tax form submitted without being forced to "review" the business with the suspected problematic 1099... ???

I just thought I should post this since it seems like TurboTax has bugs that trigger weird fatal failures that neither this community or their paid Customer Service people are aware of!  A similar situation arose a couple years ago where they eventually gave me a free consultation with a CPA expert, who decided that the software had a bug.  I appreciate y'all trying to help, but even if you were right, ALL of the info on the Schedule C had already been entered into TurboTax, and the whole point of using TurboTax is to be guided into entering all the relevant info without having to fill out IRS forms like the Schedule C!  The program is buggy, and there is no way to get to talk with the people who might really know what's going on... though I was certainly put on hold a lot for my rep to make lengthy calls to the real experts trying to resolve the issue...

[RamonaFlowers]

I was dealing with this for weeks and I read your comment, input 0’s and it e-filed immediately after. So frustrating but thank you for sharing!