Yes, if she is not an employee who receives a W-2. You will file aSchedule C for the business. The Schedule C will flow onto your individual income tax return(Form 1040) and be netted with other personal income and expenses. You will enter thetotal off all of the gross income received from her customers, in addition to anything reported on the 1099-MISC. How to get to thatarea : While inside the software and working onyour return, type Schedule C in the Search at the top of thescreen (you may see a magnifying glass there). There will be a popup thatsays Jump to Schedule C. Select that to get to the generalarea. When you set up your business, you can use her own name,address, and social security number (if you don't have a business nameor EIN). Then,when done with the Business Profile:go to Business Income and Expensesselect Edit next to your business (if it is there)scroll to Business Income on the next screen, you will see a place to enter a Form 1099-MISC (if she didn’t receive one, you can Skip past that)then, on the next screen, you will see General Income (for income received that is not on a 1099-MISC form)enter a description for the income (ex. Services, or Consulting, Customer Sales) and the amountFollow through all the areas in the Business section of theTurboTax software and it will provide you with a lot of assistance. You'llnotice blue links that have more information and details about the particularsections that will be extremely helpful. Also, this link may be helpful to you IRS SmallBusiness Help Center . What is a Schedule C? https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/3302122

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Tax Year Prior to 2020: If my wife does home based sales do I have to file as if she owns a business?

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Yes, if she is not an employee who receives a W-2. You will file a Schedule C for the business. The Schedule C will flow onto your individual income tax return (Form 1040) and be netted with other personal income and expenses.

You will enter the total off all of the gross income received from her customers, in addition to anything reported on the 1099-MISC.

How to get to that area : While inside the software and working on your return, type Schedule C in the Search at the top of the screen (you may see a magnifying glass there). There will be a popup that says Jump to Schedule C. Select that to get to the general area.

When you set up your business, you can use her own name, address, and social security number (if you don't have a business name or EIN). Then, when done with the Business Profile:

go to Business Income and Expenses
select Edit next to your business (if it is there)
scroll to Business Income
on the next screen, you will see a place to enter a Form 1099-MISC (if she didn’t receive one, you can Skip past that)
then, on the next screen, you will see General Income (for income received that is not on a 1099-MISC form)
enter a description for the income (ex. Services, or Consulting, Customer Sales) and the amount

Follow through all the areas in the Business section of the TurboTax software and it will provide you with a lot of assistance. You'll notice blue links that have more information and details about the particular sections that will be extremely helpful.

Also, this link may be helpful to you IRS Small Business Help Center .

What is a Schedule C?

https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/3302122