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January 30, 2025
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Where do I enter Paid family leave that is on form 1099-MISC?

  • January 30, 2025
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New York State Paid family leave through the Hartford. Sent form 1099-MISC with my income from PFL, when I got to report the form it believes it is self employment income, which it is not, it is a government benefit

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    February 3, 2025

    To enter your Form 1099-MISC paid family leave information without triggering self-employment income, and remove your previously-entered information, in TurboTax Online: 

    1. Open TurboTax Online
    2. Select  Tax Home in the left pane
    3. Select the dropdown to the right of Wages & Income
    4. Select  Pick up where you left off, Review/Edit or the edit pencil
    5. On the Great! We've got your income info page, select Add/Edit to the right of Income from Form 1099-MISC
    6. On the Your 1099-MISC summary page, select the trashcan to the right of your previously-input erroneous item.      Select Yes in the Are you sure you want to delete this? popup
    7. Back on the Your 1099-MISC summary page, select + Add another 1099-MISC
    8. On the Let's enter the income from your 1099-MISC page, enter the information from your 1099-MISC  then select Continue
    9. On the Describe the reason for this 1099-MISC screen, enter something to the effect of "Paid Family Leave," then select Continue
    10. On the Do one of these uncommon situations apply? screen, select the bullet next to None of these apply, then select Continue
    11. On the Did the Paid Family Leave involve work that's like [your] main job? page, select the bullet next to No, it didn't involve work like [your] main job, then select Continue
    12. On the How often did [you] get income for Paid Family Leave? page, answer appropriately, then select Continue
    13. On the Did the Paid Family Leave involve an intent to earn money? page, select the bullet next to No, it didn't involve an intent to earn money.  This indicates to the program that this wasn't self-employment income, so self-employment tax won't be triggered.  Select Continue
    14. On the Your 1099-MISC summary page, select Done, unless you have more Forms 1099-MISC to enter

    If the TurboTax Online navigation described above doesn't look like what you're experiencing, see the TurboTax Help article Why does the TurboTax navigation menu look different for me?.