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My sister and I stared a business together last year can we both file our taxes as self-employed for that business? Or do we need to do a 1065 form?

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March 5, 2021
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In fact, by starting the business together, you and your sister have formed an informal partnership.

It would be much easier for the partnership to report its income and expenses as a partnership on form 1065 then allocate to each of you your share of the profit/loss through the Schedules K-1, rather than each of you reporting half of income and of every expense on a Schedule C.

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If fact, you MUST file as a 1065 partnership, because the only time you can file a partnership as 2-schedule C businesses is if the only two partners are spouses, in that case it is a "qualified joint venture". You can't have a qualified joint venture with your sibling.