To enter this income as a hobby, you will select the following:
Federal
Income and Expenses
Scroll down to Less Common Income and click Show More
Start next to Miscellaneous Income
Start next to Other Reportable Income
If however, he is doing this with the intent to make a profit, then it would need to be reported as income from self-employment. Simply enjoying what he does, does not necessarily make it a hobby if he is purposely making money from it.
To enter it as self-employment income click the following:
Federal
Income and Expenses
Show More next to Self-Employment
Start or Revisit next to Self-Employment
Yes, to you have any self-employment income or expenses
Enter the type of self-employment work you do
Click through a few more screens and you will get to a screen that says "Your XX info"
Click Looks good
Then you will come to a screen that says Let's enter the income for your business. It will give you the option of 1099-NEC or Other self-employed income including the 1099K , cash and checks. Select the one that applies to you and hit continue
If you do not select on
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