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April 6, 2020

Since you are in the Free Edition of the software, you will need to upgrade to the Deluxe version to report your 1099 income.

 

The Free Edition only supports W-2 wages and the Earned Income Credit.

 

Forms included in TurboTax products

 

Once you upgrade, you will be able to enter your information as follows.

 

To enter you W-2 information, go to the Federal section of the program. 

  1. Select Income & Expenses
  2. Select Job (W-2)
  3. Click Edit/Add to the right of the Job (W-2) 
  4. The next page will have boxes that say "Add a W-2 for..."Select the appropriate taxpayer and enter the information for each W-2. 

Repeat this process to add each W-2 Form.

 

The way you report the 1099-MISC will depend upon whether he earned the income as part of a business or not.  

 

If you are reporting this income as self-employment income (meaning you are running a business with the intent to make a profit), you will do the following in the Federal interview section: 

  1. Select Income & Expenses 
  2. Select Self-employment income and expenses 
  3. Proceed through the screens to enter your information 
  4. When you see the following for income, make sure to select Other self-employed income. Includes 1099-K, cash, and checks. 

If it is not from self-employment, you would enter the information as follows: 

  1. Select Income & Expenses 
  2. Go to the  All Income section and select Less Common Income 
  3. Select Miscellaneous Income 

You will then select Other reportable income to enter your income from your 1099-Misc.

 

 

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