Send QuickBooks Self-Employed tax info to TurboTax Self-Employed or Live

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Updated 8/4/2026 02:35

Learn how to get your self-employed tax info into TurboTax Self-Employed or TurboTax Live.

QuickBooks Self-Employed tracks your self-employed income so you're ready for tax season. When it's time to file, you can export your data directly to TurboTax Self-Employed. This saves time and prevents data entry errors. Here's how to send your info to TurboTax Self-Employed and review everything after you send it.

If you don't use TurboTax, here's how to get your tax reports so you can file with other programs. Note: If you upgrade to the Tax Bundle or Live Bundle, you can also export to TurboTax Live. Your subscription covers the cost to file your taxes with TurboTax Self-Employed.

Step 1: Review your tax checklist

Step 2: Send your info to TurboTax

After you finish the tax checklist, follow the links at the bottom:

QuickBooks connects to and opens TurboTax. Then select whether you want to send your info to TurboTax Self-Employed or TurboTax Live.

Important: Even if your sign-in info is the same, you still may need to sign in to TurboTax. If you don't have a TurboTax account yet, we'll help you create one. If your TurboTax and QuickBooks Self-Employed sign-in info are different, follow these steps to send your data to the correct account.

Step 3: Review your info in TurboTax

TurboTax guides you to make sure all of your data imports correctly.

When you finish answering, TurboTax imports your QuickBooks Self-Employed data. If you don't see your data, don't worry. Follow these steps if your data didn't transfer.

Now you can review the data QuickBooks sent to TurboTax.

Important: We recommend you review all of your data, even if everything looks good. QuickBooks Self-Employed only sends certain expenses. If you don't see something, don't worry. There's probably a reason why. Here's why some expenses don't export into TurboTax Self-Employed. QuickBooks Self-Employed tracks federal estimated tax payments. This covers federal income and self-employment taxes. Keep in mind, QuickBooks doesn't track state estimated taxes. You may need to enter this info manually. QuickBooks Self-Employed sends meal expenses to TurboTax as 100% deductible. TurboTax then determines the deductibility (50% for most businesses).

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Send QuickBooks Self-Employed tax info to TurboTax Self-Employed or Live

Step 1: Review your tax checklist

Step 2: Send your info to TurboTax

Step 3: Review your info in TurboTax

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