You have self-employment income for which you will pay self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare. You will need to use online Premium software or any version of the CD/download so that you can prepare a Schedule C for your business expenses.
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Form 1099-NEC specifically reports Nonemployee Compensation, which you may have gotten in previous years on a 1099-MISC. So, if you worked as a freelancer or contractor last year, you probably got a 1099-NEC reporting how much money you were paid in box 1. The form reports self-employment income. Am I self-employed?
To enter your Form 1099-NEC in TurboTax:
Sign in and open or continue your return.
Search for 1099-NEC and select the Jump to link.
Answer the questions and continue through to enter the information from your form.
If you have multiple 1099-NECs to enter, you can select +Add Another 1099-NEC on the 1099-NEC Summary screen.
When you’re done, we’ll ask you a few questions and help you through entering any expenses you may have so that you can reduce your taxable income.