BobKamman
Level 15

@Terry53029   

  • Receiving fees, compensation or other income for endorsing products or services.

If Intuit pays me a fee for endorsing TurboTax, it would fall into that category.  But if I recommend that people buy TurboTax and post a link to an Amazon page where it can be ordered, it's Amazon that will pay me a commission.  Does that make me an influencer for Amazon?  And in the case of Amazon, they will also pay me a commission on anything else you buy during the next 24 hours, even if you don't buy TurboTax.  Have I influenced you to shop at Amazon, when you probably already have Amazon Prime and would go there anyway even if I told you to try WalMart?  

Silly discussion.  Deduct the QBI.  It expires soon anyway, doesn't it?  

As Justice Gorsuch says, hundreds of thousands of people die every year from influencers.