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Join nowSomething is wrong with self employed. When I enter expenses, the tax owed amount goes up. It should go down
Hello there, @kat12.
Let’s work together and figure out why your expenses aren’t correctly affecting your estimated taxes.
You’re right! The expenses entered in QuickBooks Self-Employed should deduct your taxes. If this isn’t working how it should, we need to double-check the categories used for these expenses.
To do this, you’ll need to first filter the Transactions page so you can catch those incorrectly categorized transactions. Here’s how:
If you need to change the categories used, you can update it from the Category column. Then, click Save.
For your reference, I have an IRS link for you about deducting business expenses:
Also, you can save these articles for future use:
That should do it! These steps should give you correct taxes in QBSE.
Feel free to update me on how the filtering of transactions goes. I’ll be around.
Hey @kat12! Can you give an example of an expense you've entered recently that impacted your taxes owed? Can you share which category you used when you marked it as business?
Adding recepits and it was marked as materials and supplies. When i changed to tools the spending amount went down. When i changed it back to materials amd supplies it went back up
Thanks for joining us here, Hayjuls.
You might have selected a non-deductible expense category. I would suggest reaching out to our phone or chat support team so they can review your transactions. Here's how:
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