What's the diff between self employment and business expenses?

[Taxjunkie]

My son worked for DoorDash and received a 1099 NEC. Because he used my car he has to claim his expenses rather than use the standard deduction. Turbo Tab put him into the business section. Is that correct?   

[xmasbaby0]

Your son worked as an independent contractor for Door Dash, so he has to pay self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare, as well as (maybe) ordinary income tax depending on how much he earned.   And he needs to prepare a Schedule C to enter his mileage, etc. as a business expense.   The online version of Self-Employed is expensive.  He might be able to use Free File if he qualifies:

If you qualify to use it, there is another full-featured free version of the software:

Try Free File: 

You qualify if your income was $39,000 or less, or $72,000 or less if active duty military, or if you qualify for Earned Income Credit

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