<prompt> Human: So as of right now I am filing with Turbo Tax with a base income of 20,700 and despite being a student already owe . I also was an Uber driver for a bit to make ends meet. I made a total of 1,050. Now in order to process this with Turbo Tax I will need to ubgrade for 35. I am wondering if I should spend more money to pay more money considering the additional income was minimal. Any advice would be appreciated.  <response>: There are Free File options available for you if you go through the irs freefile portal. You dont need to pay money to file your taxes, even with 1099-MISC income. See the stickied post about tax software options: Also, if you have a filing requirement, you are supposed to report all your self-employment income. There isnt an amount that you can disregard as being minimal.---If you had no deductible business expenses, your self-employment profit on your Schedule C-EZ would be 1050.Your Schedule SE amount would be 1050 0.9235 0.153 148.Half your SE taxes is 74.So youd put 20700 on your 1040 line 7, 1050 on your 1040 line 12, 74 on your 1040 line 27, and 148 on your 1040 line 57. Then complete filling out 1040 page 1 and top of page 2 to figure out your income tax for line 44. Your total tax would include line 44 and line 57 amounts, and you compare that to how much withholding of federal income tax happened, to find out what you owe or if you get a refund. Its not worth paying 35. 