Your self-employment taxes are automatically calculated and added to your tax return when you include Schedule C Profit or Loss from Business in your tax return. If the joint return filed by your wife did not include your Schedule C you will have to add Schedule C,
If the return is rejected by the IRS you will fix the error that caused the rejection, add your Schedule C and efile the return.
If the return is accepted by the IRS you will have to amend the return to include your Schedule C.
To enter your self-employment in TurboTax follow these steps:
Open or continue your return
Search for schedule c and click the Jump to link in the search results
Answer Yes to Did you have any self-employment income or expenses?
If you've already entered self-employment work and need to enter more, select Add another line of work