isabelle...[at]fastmail.fm wrote:

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You provided services to people and received compensation.
That's called business income and is reported on Schedule C.
You don't need to do anything special (tax-wise) to
establish a business, just earn income, so you are a sole
proprietor in the eyes of the IRS. Your city or state may
have other requirements for establishing a business, but the
IRS will consider you a business and tax you accordingly.

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isabelle...[at]fastmail.fm wrote:

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You ARE a sole propriatorship without any formal announcing
of it to anyone. Put your income and expenses on oSchedule
C and then Schedule SE and don't spend what's left in one
place (;> )

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I earned about $1000 in 2006 by providing tutoring and
related services to about 15 different people.

I heard I can declare those $1000 in Schedule C. I
understand that the other option is to use the Other Income
section, perhaps the Hobby Income. My problem is that at
this day, I do not have a business entity (such as a sole
proprietorship).

My question is: can I use Schedule C, despite the fact that
I do not have a business entity?

Your help is much appreciated.

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