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For a married couple filing jointly with self-employment business income it is recommended to split for husband and wife. How do you do this for a single 1099-NEC?

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April 13, 2023
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One 1099-NEC is larger than the others, so we cannot just allocated them to each other, but need to split the income from this particular client.

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xmasbaby0

If you are filing a joint return, then all of your combined income goes on ONE Form 1040. Why are you trying to split up the income by spouse? Whose name is on the 1099NEC?

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david_blakeneyAuthor

We're only filing one 1040, but TurboTax and IRS recommend splitting husband-wife income into two separate businesses so that each spouse is earning SS credit. The 1099-NEC is made out to a sole proprietor business using our last name (dba).

DaveF1006

You can still split the one 1099 NEC. Each one of you will report the same 1099 NEC on both of your Schedule C's and cut the income reported Box 1 in half for each of you to report on your own Schedule C. You would also report half-of the expenses. just think of it as one Schedule C, but divided in half. This is the simplest illustration i can make.

Reach out if this doesn't fully address your issue.

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