It depends. If the money you received in the form of a check represented compensation for your services and could have been reported on a W-2 but wasn't:
- Under the Federal menu, click on Wages & Income
- Expand the menu for Less Common Income
- Click Start/Revisit next to Miscellaneous Income, 1099-A, 1099-C
- Click Start/Revisit next to the first option, Other income not already reported on a Form W-2 or Form 1099
- Answer Yes to the question, Did you receive other wages?
- Continue through the screens until you get to Any Other Earned Income
- Answer Yes to the question, Did you earn any other wages?
- On the next screen, choose Employee compensation that was not reported on a W-2
- Enter the information on the screens that follow
If you are self-employed and have expenses to deduct, and this money was earned in the same line of work, then add this amount to the other business income you are reporting.
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