Self employment questions re taxes

[Carrie]

I have two side jobs I have done periodically and I report everything on schedule c. This past year I did not make any money on one (lost my contracting gig in late 2016), but don't know if I just skip the schedule c this year?

The other one is basically a hobby- thought it would be a business but fizzled, but I make tiny amounts of money here and there. I would like to change that to hobby income line, though I've used schedule c for this one too. How do I make that change?  I made less money this year (like, $125 if that) than I paid out in membership dues ($130), but since I thought it would be a better business, I've filed as such in the past.

I guess my question is - since I made no money, and didn't even try, do I have to do anything this year or just skip those forms?

[MDM]

FWIW, if you have filed the second one as business in previous years, you could file again with a $5 loss this year.

One can't deduct "hobby" losses, but one can deduct "business" losses.

But not filing Schedule C on either of these is also reasonable.

[SeattleCPA]

FWIW, if you have filed the second one as business in previous years, you could file again with a $5 loss this year.

One can't deduct "hobby" losses, but one can deduct "business" losses.

But not filing Schedule C on either of these is also reasonable.

+1

[Carrie]

Thank you so much for answering my questions. 
With kids going to school more now, maybe the very small businesses will pick up some steam anyway. I just didn't make any at all the whole year of 2017! (Yet our household savings rate went way up, go us!)