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How do I report income from self-employment?

by TurboTax290 Updated 3 weeks ago

If you received a 1099-NEC or 1099-MISC for your self-employed income

  1. Open or continue your return.
  2. Navigate to the self-employed income section:
    • TurboTax Online/Mobile: Go to self-employed income.
    • TurboTax Desktop: Search for self employed income (use this exact phrase, don't add a hyphen) and select the Jump to link.
  3. Answer Yes on the Did you have any self-employment income or expenses? screen.
    • If you land on the Your 2022 self-employed work summary page, select Review next to the work you're adding income for.
  4. Answer the questions on the following screens until you arrive at Let's enter the income for your work.
  5. Select the form that applies to your situation and select Continue.
  6. You can enter the info from your 1099 form on the following screens.

If your self-employment income was only from cash, personal checks, credit card payments, or cryptocurrency 

  1. Open or continue your return.
  2. Navigate to the Schedule C section:
    • TurboTax Online/Mobile: Go to Schedule C.
    • TurboTax Desktop: Search for Schedule C and select the Jump to link.
  3. Answer Yes on the Did you have any self-employment income or expenses? screen.
    • If you land on the Your 2022 self-employed work summary page, select Review next to the work you're adding income for.
  4. Answer the questions on the following screens until you arrive at Let's enter the income for your work.
  5. Select Other self-employed income and select Continue.
  6. On the next page you can enter any cash, personal checks, credit card payments, or cryptocurrency (Form 1099-K) related to your self-employment.

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