So where do you report the 1099-NEC for income tax purposes -- Schedule 1, Line 8z ?  I'm not sure that won't generate a CP 2000, especially if there are other income items on Schedule 1.  

If my clients tell me they don't have a business, I tell them that I do, and I don't want it to be shut down by a preparer project because IRS thinks my clients tell me how to run it.