Income in Box 7 of 1099-MISC

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February 12, 2024
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My wife has commission earned as a travel agent. The company sent her a 1099-MISC with that income recorded in Box 7, and labeled nonemployee compensation. It looks like this needs to go on Schedule C, but when I go to the business income section it starts asking for information about a self-owned business. Since she works under the travel agency name, she doesn't have any self-owned business. I don't know what to enter for questions about the business name and tax ID number. Her personal info, or the info from the company who paid her?

Best answer by RobertB4444

That's because there isn't supposed to be a box 7 on the 1099-MISC. Box 7 is just a tickmark box that says "Payer made Direct sales totaling $5000 or more of consumer products to recipient for resale." The amount paid to your wife should be in box 3.

Here is a link to the current form 1099-MISC. If your form doesn't match this then you need to have your wife inform the brokers that she's working for that they've used the wrong form.

@cbmarsh

DianeW777

Yes, it definitely goes to the Schedule C. I might add they are using an old form to report. The correct reporting form now is 1099-NEC.

The name of the business would be your wife's name and the address would be your home address even though she may be going to the travel agency to do the work. There is no separate tax ID aside from her social security number (SSN). An entry is not required for that unless she actually had one. There is no need for one unless your wife was planning to hire employees herself.

The form they report the income on indicates to the IRS your wife is self employed. You use only her personal information, not the company that pays her.

As far as the Business Activity Codes you can use the link to find the most appropriate code for her business.

How do I report income from self-employment?

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cbmarshAuthor

Thanks, but I feel like I'm caught in a loop. When I follow the instructions I am asked if I had any income reported on a 1099-MISC, and the answer is yes. But then it wants me to to fill out that information, but I can't because there is no place to enter Box 7. If I answer that I don't have any 1099-MISC income, that's not true!

RobertB4444Answer

Here is a link to the current form 1099-MISC. If your form doesn't match this then you need to have your wife inform the brokers that she's working for that they've used the wrong form.

@cbmarsh

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