As a self employed person who pays third party contractors, where do I enter the fees I paid to them? Is it expenses - miscellaneous?

[TurboTaxSusan]

You can put the expense for sub-contractors in the Inventory section, which is just after the Income section.

[linmic]

Does this apply to both US & Canadian versions? Because there's no inventory section on Canadian turbotax under self employed - just a new section to include expenses that mostly aren't relevant.

I can put them under "professional services" in expenses, that's about it. If you happen to have a link or an image or video of where the inventory section would be it would be appreciated. 

[TurboTaxBrenda]

When you entered yourself as self-employed- which did you choose- professional or business? 

Thank you for choosing TurboTax.

[kkrr]

I am also having issues finding where to put this info in (amounts paid to subcontractors) in the CA version online.

I am filing as self-employed income with a business.

[TurboTaxSusan]

Please make sure that you have answered yes to the question "Did you sell products that you bought or manufactured?".

[kksel]

Is this the only way to add subcontractors? I do not sell products so this feels incorrect to select "yes" for this section. Then I would be unable to provide numbers for inventory value or any of the other lines... 

[Jo2810]

@kksel

Yes, this is how you enter subcontract costs. 

You have to say "Yes" to the question "Did you sell products that you bought or manufactured?".

You do not have to fill in information relating to inventory if you don't have any. Proceed to the question "Cost of subcontracts hired" and enter the amount and then click on "Continue". Answer the remaining questions according to your tax situation. 

Having no inventory should not be a problem to enter the subcontract costs.  Thank you for choosing TurboTax.