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Forced Upgrade to Self Employed - No business expenses

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March 4, 2022
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I have been using Premier for years, and while I report some self-employment income, I don't have any business expenses worth deducting. I've completed inputting all my information, and now it won't let me file unless I upgrade to the Self-Employed version. How do I submit as is?

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DianeW777

Your tax return cannot be filed without Schedule C. Self employment income requires self employment tax which is not optional. If your self employment income is greater than $400 (gross before expenses) then a Schedule C is required. It doesn't matter if you have expenses and a Schedule C-EZ, that was used for a few years, is no longer a form the IRS uses or allows, unfortunately.

TurboTax is required to follow IRS protocol and required forms.

You can choose to use the TurboTax CD/Download Basic version which will allow the forms you need.