Taxpayers may not like receiving IRS Forms 1099. Businesses may not like sending them out. In fact, perhaps no one likes IRS Forms 1099 except the IRS. The tax agency loves them because they easily allow the matching of data against tax returns. Here are key facts you need to know about IRS Forms 1099. Generally, businesses must issue the forms to any payee (other than a corporation) who receives $600 or more during the year. And that's just the basic threshold rule; there are many, many exceptions.
That's why you may get a Form 1099 for every bank account, even if you earned only $10 of interest income. There's a 1099-INT for interest; 1099-DIV for dividends; 1099-G for state and local tax refunds and unemployment benefits; 1099-R for pensions and payouts from your individual retirement accounts; 1099-B for broker transactions and barter exchanges; 1099-S for real estate transactions, etc. In fact, there's a dizzying array. There are many categories, but the Form 1099-MISC (for miscellaneous) seems to prompt the most questions, and covers the biggest territory.
st send out Forms 1099 by Jan. 31 for the prior calendar year. However, don't assume you're off the hook for reporting income if you don't receive a Form 1099 by February or even March. There are penalties on companies that issue 1099s late, but some come as late as April or May--when you may have already filed your return!
The information will be reported to the IRS based on your Social Security number regardless of whether you receive the form. Update your address directly with payers, as well as putting a forwarding order in with the U.S. Post Office. You'll want to see any forms the IRS sees. Any Form 1099 sent to you goes to the IRS too. The deadline is Jan. 31 for mailing 1099s to taxpayers, but the payer (usually) has until the end of February to send all its 1099s to the IRS. This year (2017, for 2016 payments), the IRS has moved up the filing date for Forms 1099-MISC reporting non-employee compensation in box 7. The reporting date to the IRS will now be the same as the due date for the forms to be issued to recipients, January 31.
This deadline applies regardless of whether the forms are filed electronically or on paper. In the past, filers had an extra month or two after issuing the forms to recipients, but no longer. Note, however, that the filing dates remain unchanged for Forms 1099-MISC that do not report in box 7. That means in many cases there is still a (welcome) time delay. The time delay means you may have a chance to correct errors.
That's why you may get a Form 1099 for every bank account, even if you earned only $10 of interest income. There's a 1099-INT for interest; 1099-DIV for dividends; 1099-G for state and local tax refunds and unemployment benefits; 1099-R for pensions and payouts from your individual retirement accounts; 1099-B for broker transactions and barter exchanges; 1099-S for real estate transactions, etc. In fact, there's a dizzying array. There are many categories, but the Form 1099-MISC (for miscellaneous) seems to prompt the most questions, and covers the biggest territory.
st send out Forms 1099 by Jan. 31 for the prior calendar year. However, don't assume you're off the hook for reporting income if you don't receive a Form 1099 by February or even March. There are penalties on companies that issue 1099s late, but some come as late as April or May--when you may have already filed your return!
The information will be reported to the IRS based on your Social Security number regardless of whether you receive the form. Update your address directly with payers, as well as putting a forwarding order in with the U.S. Post Office. You'll want to see any forms the IRS sees. Any Form 1099 sent to you goes to the IRS too. The deadline is Jan. 31 for mailing 1099s to taxpayers, but the payer (usually) has until the end of February to send all its 1099s to the IRS. This year (2017, for 2016 payments), the IRS has moved up the filing date for Forms 1099-MISC reporting non-employee compensation in box 7. The reporting date to the IRS will now be the same as the due date for the forms to be issued to recipients, January 31.
This deadline applies regardless of whether the forms are filed electronically or on paper. In the past, filers had an extra month or two after issuing the forms to recipients, but no longer. Note, however, that the filing dates remain unchanged for Forms 1099-MISC that do not report in box 7. That means in many cases there is still a (welcome) time delay. The time delay means you may have a chance to correct errors.