Create Your Schedule C

1 You & your business

Tax year

Use one Schedule C for each separate business. Partnerships generally file Form 1065. Only the final 2025 original is offered.

Proprietor name as shown on the tax return *SSN or ITIN *Principal business or profession · A *Six-digit business activity code · B *

Use the code for your principal activity in the IRS instructions ↗.

Business name, EIN & address Only if applicable

Separate business name · C

Leave blank if there is no separate business name.

Business EIN · DInclude a business address under the Line E instructions

Accounting method · FMaterial participation · G *

Business started or was acquired during 2025 · H

Underlying return Change only if needed

Return type

Did you make payments requiring Forms 1099? · I *

2 Business income

Gross receipts or sales · Line 1 *Returns and allowances · Line 2Other business income · Line 6This Schedule C includes W-2 statutory-employee earnings · Line 1

3 Business expenses

Enter deductible amounts from your records. Do not include proprietor compensation or home-office expenses here. Enter meals after the applicable limits.

Advertising · Line 8Contract labor · Line 11Office expense · Line 18Supplies outside cost of goods sold · Line 22Utilities · Line 25

More expense categories Only if applicable

Commissions and fees · Line 10Depletion · Line 12Depreciation and section 179 · Line 13Employee benefit programs · Line 14Insurance other than health · Line 15Mortgage interest paid to banks · Line 16aOther interest · Line 16bLegal and professional services · Line 17Pension and profit-sharing plans · Line 19Rent / lease vehicles, machinery and equipment · Line 20aRent / lease other business property · Line 20bRepairs and maintenance · Line 21Taxes and licenses · Line 23Travel · Line 24aDeductible business meals after applicable limits · Line 24bWages less employment credits · Line 26Energy-efficient commercial buildings deduction · Form 7205 · Line 27a

Other expenses · Part V Description and amount

Use expenses not already entered on Lines 8–27a or 30. The original has nine rows; additional items need a separate statement.

Expense 1Amount

Cost of goods sold · Part III Only if applicable

Include cost of goods / inventory

Car & truck expenses Only if applicable

Line 9 vehicle expense

Business use of home · Line 30 Only if eligible

Home-office method

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The complete two-page original is included. The main return and required separate attachments are not included. Schedule C has no separate signature line.

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1 You & your business

2 Business income

3 Business expenses

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