Business Expert Interview

The version of the EasyStep interview that is provided with TurboTax Self-Employed is called the Business Expert Interview.

This interview is especially geared to self-employed persons and small business owners. It is designed to help you complete your business forms, and offers detailed guidance with your income, expenses, capital cost allowance (CCA), and home office expense calculations.

Business Expert Interview includes:

Business Tax Advisor: offers information and advice if you started a new business, disposed of a business, had a partner, or maintained inventory.
Guide Me: takes you step-by-step through some of the more complex areas of the business forms.
For example, use the Meals and Entertainment Guide Me to find out exactly what you can claim at 100%, what you can claim at 50%, and what you cannot claim at all. Other Guide Mes cover areas like industry codes, advertising expenses, salaries paid to family members, business-use-of-home expenses, business travel, other expenses, and more.
Easy navigation: use the Skip buttons at the start of each business section to bypass a section you don't want to complete now. To return later to add, review, or edit information, use the special navigation screen to move directly to a section.
Moving around the business interview
Calculator: helps calculate Eligible Capital Property Allowance and home-office space.

Using the Business Expert interview is simple. Enter the requested information in the space provided on each screen. When more information is available (such as an advisor) click the button to see more. To exit an advisor and return to the interview, click Skip Advisor.

As always with TurboTax, help is always available by clicking the Help button or underlined definitions and "Learn more" links.

This feature is only available in TurboTax Self-Employed. To add this feature, upgrade your TurboTax product.