He's 21, and received a 1099-MISC for $3500, for a one-time paint job he did for a builder. (Of course, he just dropped this in my lap today at the last minute.) He says the payment was about half labor, and the other half was reimbursement for materials.
Turbotax offers several options for explaining the work. One is "Side job" - a one time thing which has nothing to do with his profession (full time student). That's actually the case. However, he *does* have receipts for the materials he bought for the job. Since it was a one-time job, can he deduct these expenses? Or, does he have to choose another option other than "side job", such as "independent contractor", "self employed", etc?
His tax hit went from $8.00 to $500-ish because of this, so I'm trying help the kid out. Some kid....