It finally sunk in WHY the IRS still has the old 2018 Schedule C-EZ still available to upload to your computer. It can be filled out and used as a model for people like Lisa5678’s daughter who are not running a business, but only have some business-type income and a few expenses to report. Get the old 2018 schedule C-EZ, fill out the bottom (data) part, transfer the numbers over to a new 2023 Schedule C, filling in only the boxes that you used on the C-EZ form. That way, you don’ have to try to figure out all the business-type jargon (depreciation, loan interest, cost of goods sold, and about 20 other types of expenses on the unneeded lines on Schedule C. Her only income on Schedule C will be $1000 on Line 1, carried down to Line 7, Gross Income. Expense will probably be only Travel, with a total amount for that listed on line 24a, carried down to Line 28, Total Expenses. Line 29 then subtracts Travel Expenses from Income, to find Profit (positive number) or Loss (negative number), and that carrried down to Line 31, Net Profit or (Loss). If there is a Loss, check box 32A, All investment is at risk. Carry the profit or loss to Schedule 1, line 3, using a negative number if a loss, which subtracts from any other numbers on Schedule 1, Part 1, Additional Income.