How Do I: Find business codes listed by the IRS for Schedule C: Profit or Loss From Business?
• The list of business codes can be found by clicking the Principal Business Code hyperlink on the Business Information screen of the Your Own Business section in the Interview. • You can also click in the Business Category field to display a drop-down arrow. Click on the arrow, and choose from the list of categories. Next click in the Principal Business Code field (same as Category), the business codes will coincide with the selected Business Category. • You can also click the Help button while your cursor is in the Principal Business Code field. Click on the General hyperlink. Next, click on the hyperlink Instructions for Schedule C and scroll down to the list of the IRS business codes • The codes can also be found at the end of a document at the following IRS Web site: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040sc.pdf These codes for the Principal Business or Professional Activity classify sole proprietorships by the type of activity they are engaged in to facilitate the administration of
